危 機(きき)

きき

noun

crisis

See also: 機器(きき) (equipment (機器))

1. crisis

A dangerous or critical situation that threatens serious harm. Used for political, economic, environmental, health, and personal crises.

経済(けいざい)危機(きき)が起(お)きた。

An economic crisis occurred.

会社(かいしゃ)は経営(けいえい)危機(きき)に陥(おちい)っている。

The company has fallen into a management crisis.

地球(ちきゅう)温暖化(おんだんか)は人類(じんるい)にとって深刻(しんこく)な危機(きき)であり、早急(そうきゅう)な対策(たいさく)が求(もと)められている。

Global warming is a serious crisis for humanity, and urgent countermeasures are called for.

危機(きき) means a serious, dangerous situation that threatens harm. Used for political, economic, environmental, health, and personal crises.

Common collocations

危機(きき)に陥(おちい)る: to fall into a crisis
危機(きき)を乗(の)り越(こ)える: to overcome a crisis
危機(きき)に直面(ちょくめん)する: to face a crisis
危機(きき)を脱(だっ)する: to escape a crisis
危機(きき)に瀕(ひん)する: to be on the verge of crisis (literary)

Compounds

危機感(ききかん): sense of crisis/urgency
危機(きき)管理(かんり): crisis management
危機的(ききてき): critical (な-adjective form)
危機(きき)一髪(いっぱつ): a hair's breadth escape, close call

Usage

Do not confuse with the homophone 機器(きき) (equipment/devices).

Related Words

Compare: 危険(きけん) (dangerous, danger)

Compare: 窮地(きゅうち) (predicament)

Compare: 非常事態(ひじょうじたい) (state of emergency)

Compare: 難局(なんきょく) (difficult situation)

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Added 2026.2.18 15:08 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01

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