JLPT N4 vocabulary
急: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
きゅう0Heiban · flat
na-adjective
Meaning
- sudden, abrupt, unexpected
- urgent, pressing
- steep, sharp, precipitous
- rapid, swift, fast
- (noun) emergency, crisis, danger
- (noun) urgency, hurrying, haste
- (noun) (in gagaku or noh) end of a song
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 急 | 急 |
| Plain past過去形 | 急 | 急 |
| Polite presentです形 | 急 | 急 |
| Polite pastでした形 | 急 | 急 |
| Te-formて形 | 急 | 急 |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 急 | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 急 | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 急 | 急 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 急 | 急 |
Example sentences
だけど急にどうしてそんなことを言うの?
But, why would you say such a thing so suddenly?