“Emergency” in Japanese
Short answer
Emergency in Japanese is “非常” (hijou). Full meaning: emergency; extreme, great, extraordinary, remarkable, unusual, terrible, severe.
Other ways to say “Emergency” in Japanese
万一
manichi (unlikely event of) emergency, the worst(-case scenario); (if) by some chance, by some possibility, in the unlikely event that
不時
fuji emergency, unexpectedness
応急
oukyuu emergency, first-aid
急場
kyuuba emergency
危急
kikyuu emergency, crisis, imminent danger
焦眉
shoubi emergency, urgency, imminence
有事
yuuji emergency
緊急
kinkyuu urgency, emergency
変事
henji accident, emergency, calamity
緊急時
kinkyuuji (time of) emergency, (in) event of emergency, (in) case of emergency
救急
kyuukyuu first-aid, emergency (aid)
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