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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

緊きん迫ぱく

kinpaku

to become tense

Example sentences

  1. 緊迫きんぱくした会話かいわ

    tense conversation

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. 反対意見はんたいいけんが許ゆるされない時代背景じだいはいけいもあって時局じきょくは緊迫きんぱくした。

    With the historical backdrop under which no opposition was allowed, the situation became strained.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 緊迫きんぱくした情勢下じょうせいかでの建造けんぞうであるため、相当そうとうな突貫工事とっかんこうじであったと思おもわれる。

    Due to the tense situation, it seemed that the vessels were constructed in a rush.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 緊迫

  • 緊tense; solidOnキンKunしめる・しまる
  • 迫urge; forceOnハクKunせまる

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