Illustration: In a Japanese apartment corridor, smoke escapes around one doorway as residents urgently move toward an open stairwell. A parent carries a small child, another resident guides an elderly neighbor by the arm, and a third holds a phone to their ear while pointing toward the smoke.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

非ひ常じょう

hijou

emergency

Example sentences

  1. 非常ひじょうの場合ばあいは警察けいさつを呼よびなさい。

    Call the police in an emergency.

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  2. 非常ひじょうの場合ばあいに備そなえなければならない。

    You must be prepared for an emergency.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれは非常ひじょうボタンをおした。

    He pushed the emergency button.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 非常

  • 非un-; mistakeOnヒKunあらず
  • 常usual; ordinaryOnジョウKunつね・とこ-

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