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緊張
緊張
See also: 紧张
Chinese
| tight; nervous; strict | (a measure word); (a surname); open up | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (緊張) | 緊 | 張 | |
| simp. (紧张) | 紧 | 张 | |
Adjective
緊張
- tense; worried; stressed; nervous; anxious
- intense; acute; fierce; pressing
- short in supply
- fast-paced
Noun
緊張
- nerves; nervousness (Classifier: 陣／阵)
Derived terms
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 緊 | 張 |
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きん Grade: S |
ちょう Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
緊張 (hiragana きんちょう, romaji kinchō)
- physical tension, strain
- mental strain, nervousness
- tension in a relationship
- the contracted state of a muscle
Compounds
- 緊張緩和 (kinchō kanwa, “détente”)
Verb
緊張する (intransitive, hiragana きんちょうする, romaji kinchō suru)
- be physically tense
- be mentally tense, be nervous
- for a relationship to suffer tension
- for a muscle to contract
Conjugation
Conjugation of "緊張する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 緊張し | きんちょうし | kinchō shi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 緊張し | きんちょうし | kinchō shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 緊張する | きんちょうする | kinchō suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 緊張する | きんちょうする | kinchō suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 緊張すれ | きんちょうすれ | kinchō sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 緊張せよ¹ 緊張しろ² |
きんちょうせよ¹ きんちょうしろ² |
kinchō seyo¹ kinchō shiro² |
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| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 緊張される | きんちょうされる | kinchō sareru | |
| Causative | 緊張させる 緊張さす |
きんちょうさせる きんちょうさす |
kinchō saseru kinchō sasu |
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| Potential | 緊張できる | きんちょうできる | kinchō dekiru | |
| Volitional | 緊張しよう | きんちょうしよう | kinchō shiyō | |
| Negative | 緊張しない | きんちょうしない | kinchō shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 緊張せず | きんちょうせず | kinchō sezu | |
| Formal | 緊張します | きんちょうします | kinchō shimasu | |
| Perfective | 緊張した | きんちょうした | kinchō shita | |
| Conjunctive | 緊張して | きんちょうして | kinchō shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 緊張すれば | きんちょうすれば | kinchō sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.