Meanings
Noun
1. crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
Kanji used
dangerous
machine
Pitch accent
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Composed of
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
Used in vocabulary (33 in total)
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
crisis management
crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis
existential threat; life-or-death crisis
crisis prevention; crisis avoidance
food crisis; food-supply crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
economic crisis; financial crisis
crisis response; emergency response
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
endangerment (of a species)
endangered language
water crisis; water scarcity
nuclear crisis; nuclear power-plant crisis
endangered world heritage site
Gulf War (1990); Persian Gulf crisis
Examples (22 in total)
I felt that my life was in danger.
Our country is in a crisis.
People are saying that the crisis is over.