切迫|せっぱくseppaku[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbpressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 切迫する（せっぱくする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 切迫します（せっぱくします） |
| Negative (nai) | 切迫しない（せっぱくしない） |
| polite (masen) | 切迫しません（せっぱくしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 切迫せず・切迫せぬ（せっぱくせず・せっぱくせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 切迫した（せっぱくした） |
| polite (mashita) | 切迫しました（せっぱくしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 切迫しなかった（せっぱくしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 切迫しませんでした（せっぱくしませんでした） |
| Te form | 切迫して（せっぱくして） |
| Potential | 切迫できる（せっぱくできる） |
| Passive | 切迫される（せっぱくされる） |
| Causative | 切迫させる（せっぱくさせる） |
| Causative passive | 切迫させられる（せっぱくさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 切迫すれば（せっぱくすれば） |
| tara | 切迫したら（せっぱくしたら） |
| Volitional | 切迫しよう（せっぱくしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 切迫しましょう（せっぱくしましょう） |
| Imperative | 切迫しろ（せっぱくしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym焦眉しょうびWrittenWritten/formal prose. Used mostly in the set phrase 「焦眉の急」, for a problem pressing right at hand.
- Synonym急迫きゅうはくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Describes a situation turning pressing and urgent, as in 「急迫した事態」; very close in sense to 切迫.
- Related緊急きんきゅうNeutralNeutral. For matters so urgent they must be dealt with at once; 切迫 stresses the tension of something closing in.
- Related間近まぢかNeutralNeutral. Near or right upon one, as in 「完成間近」; unlike 切迫 it carries no sense of tension.
- Related急場きゅうばNeutralNeutral. An emergency juncture that calls for some response; 切迫 describes the pressing state itself.
- Related危急ききゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Danger or disaster right upon one, as in 「危急存亡」.
- Related火急かきゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Extreme, burning urgency, as in 「火急の用」; 切迫 stresses the tense situation as a crisis or deadline closes in.
- Antonym緩和かんわNeutralNeutral. Easing or softening pressure, restrictions or tension — the opposite of the strain of 切迫.
- Antonym余裕よゆうNeutralNeutral. Having leeway or composure, with room to spare; the opposite of the pressed urgency of 切迫.
For urgency needing immediate action, use 「緊急」; for something simply drawing near, 「間近」. Use 「切迫」 when a deadline or crisis is closing in and the situation feels tense, as in 「切迫した状況」「切迫早産」. 急迫, 危急, 火急 and 焦眉 are written-style words for imminent danger or extreme urgency; 急場 is the juncture demanding action. With leeway instead, say 「余裕」; 「緩和」 for easing pressure.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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