緩急
Chinese
slow; sluggish; gradual slow; sluggish; gradual; to postpone |
hurried; worried | ||
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trad. (緩急) | 緩 | 急 | |
simp. (缓急) | 缓 | 急 | |
anagram | 急緩/急缓 |
Pronunciation
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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緩 | 急 |
かん Grade: S |
きゅう Grade: 3 |
on’yomi |
Etymology
/kwankipu/ → /kwankifu/ → /kwankiu/ → /kwankjuː/ → /kankjuː/
From Middle Chinese 緩急 (MC hwanX kip).
Pronunciation
Noun
緩急 • (kankyū) ←くわんきふ (kwankifu)?
- looseness and tightness
- slowness and quickness
- emergency
- the Edict on Education of 1890 (ja: 教育勅語 kyōiku chokugo)
- 一旦緩急あれば義勇公に奉じ、以って天壌無窮の皇運を扶翼すべし。
- Ittan kankyū areba giyū kō ni hōji, motte tenjōmukyū no kōun o fuyoku subeshi.
- If an emergency arises, you must loyally and courageously serve the public, and thus support the infinite royal destiny.
- 一旦緩急あれば義勇公に奉じ、以って天壌無窮の皇運を扶翼すべし。
- the Edict on Education of 1890 (ja: 教育勅語 kyōiku chokugo)
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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