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急 (きゅう): Urgent / sudden — Japanese vocabulary

急 is read きゅう and means "Urgent / sudden". JLPT N4 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

急

Reading
きゅう · kyuu
Translation
Urgent / sudden
Level
JLPT N4
Pitch accent
きゅうが

Example

急に雨が降ってきました。

きゅうにあめがふってきました。

It suddenly started raining.

Kanji in this word

  • 急 — hurry, urgent

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