| 緊 | meaning | 'tense, solid, hard, reliable, tight' |
| onyomi | キン | |
| kunyomi | し.める, し.まる |
| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| 緊張 | きんちょう | tension, mental strain, nervousness |
| 喫緊 | きっきん | urgency, exigency |
| 緊と | ひしと | tightly, firmly, fast; sharply, keenly |
| 緊密 | きんみつ | rigour, rigor, closeness, compactness, tightly knit |
| 緊急 | きんきゅう | urgent, pressing, emergency |
| 緊急逮捕 | きんきゅうたいほ | arrest without warrant |
| 緊縛 | きんばく | bind tightly; (sexual) bondage |
| 緊縮 | きんしゅく | shrinkage, contraction, economy, retrenchment |
| 緊要 | きんよう | momentous, exigent, urgent, important, vital |
| 緊迫 | きんぱく | tension, strain |
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