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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

切せっ迫ぱく

seppaku

to become urgent, to grow tense

Example sentences

  1. 事態じたいはかなり切迫せっぱくしている。

    The matter is really pressing.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 部屋へやには切迫せっぱくした空気くうきがみなぎっていた。

    There was a tense atmosphere in the room.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 特とくに北京ぺきんにいた外国公使がいこくこうしたちと中国人ちゅうごくじんクリスチャンにとっては切迫せっぱくした事態じたいを招来しょうらいした。

    The foreign envoys and Chinese Christians living in Beijing in particular were faced with a very tense state of affairs.

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

Kanji in 切迫

  • 切cutOnセツ・サイKunきる・きり・きれる
  • 迫urge; forceOnハクKunせまる

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