Definition of /meaning-of-きゅうせい
- (n) negative (static) charge; negative electric charge; (sometimes called "negative electricity")
- (adj-na) urgent; sudden; abrupt
事態は急を要するので一刻も待てないと彼は言った。
He said that the matter was urgent, and that there was not a moment to lose. - sharp; steep; precipitous
屋根にいく階段は狭くて急でくらいです。
The staircase leading to the rooftop is narrow, steep, and dark. - rapid; swift; fast
この川の流れは急だ。
The current of this river is rapid. - (n) emergency; crisis
- hurrying; haste
- (in gagaku or noh) end of a song
- (n) surname; family name
あなたの姓はどう発音するのですか。
How do you pronounce your last name? - hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
- (n) height; stature
ジェーンは背を木にもたれかけて待っていた。
Jane was waiting with her back against the tree.
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
- (n) Halla okadai (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- red mite (i.e. a chigger)
- (n) locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; (feeling of hopelessness); being in a bind
- (n) miniature Chusan palm (Trachycarpus wagnerianus); (poss. Trachycarpus fortunei)
- (n) Gokturks; Sky Turks; Tujue; (powerful Turkic confederation from medieval Inner Asia)
- (n) Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i
- (n) bow (and arrow)
- unit of distance to an archery target (approx. six feet)
- unit of distance for land surveying (approx. eight feet)