急遽・急きょ・急拠|きゅうきょkyuukyo[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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Which spelling to use
急遽急遽 is the most common written form and is the recommended choice for beginners. It uses kanji throughout.
急きょ急きょ is a less common variant of 急遽, written with kanji and kana; beginners should use 急遽 instead.
急拠急拠 is the least common of these written forms and uses an irregular kanji; beginners should use 急遽 instead.
Definitions
- adverbhurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; in haste
- na-adjectivesudden; abrupt
Conjugation
| Plain form | 急遽（きゅうきょ） |
|---|---|
| Polite (desu) | 急遽です（きゅうきょです） |
| Negative (dewa nai) | 急遽ではない（きゅうきょではない） |
| polite (dewa arimasen) | 急遽ではありません（きゅうきょではありません） |
| Past (datta) | 急遽だった（きゅうきょだった） |
| Past negative (dewa nakatta) | 急遽ではなかった（きゅうきょではなかった） |
| Te form (de) | 急遽で（きゅうきょで） |
| Adverbial (ni) | 急遽に（きゅうきょに） |
| Conditional (nara) | 急遽なら（きゅうきょなら） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- SynonymそそくさCasualA mimetic word for doing things in a flustered, uncomposed way, as hurrying off or tidying up. 「急遽」 focuses on the situation arising suddenly.
- RelatedさっさとCasualColloquial: brisk and prompt, often with a pushy or cold edge, as in 「さっさと帰れ」. 「急遽」 stresses acting in haste because things came up suddenly.
- RelatedさっとNeutralA mimetic word: swift, crisp action, or wind and rain arriving suddenly. 「急遽」 stresses that the situation turned sudden and action became hasty.
- RelatedとっととCasualColloquial and rough in tone: right away, at once, mostly in commands like 「とっとと出て行け」. 「急遽」 is more at home in written or formal prose.
- RelatedつとWrittenWritten style: moving suddenly or quickly; it can also mean staying perfectly still. 「急遽」 stresses hurrying to cope with an abrupt change.
- Antonym漸次ぜんじWrittenWritten antonym on the fast–slow axis: proceeding gradually, step by step, where 「急遽」 marks a sudden, hasty turn.
- Antonym徐々じょじょNeutralNeutral antonym on the fast–slow axis: changing or moving slowly and steadily, the opposite of the sudden haste of 「急遽」.
Use 「急遽」 for sudden, hasty action like 「急遽中止」「急遽帰国」. 「さっさと」 is brisk and prompt, often pushy or cold; 「とっとと」 is rough, mostly in commands; 「そそくさ」 is flustered haste; 「さっと」 is swift, crisp movement. For gradual change use 「徐々」 or 「漸次」.
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