非常事態(ひじょうじたい)

ひじょうじたい
noun
state of emergency; crisis
1. state of emergency; emergency situation; crisis
A serious, urgent, or dangerous situation requiring immediate action. Can refer to officially declared states of emergency by governments or to critical situations in everyday life.
非常事態(ひじょうじたい)が発生(はっせい)した。
A state of emergency has occurred.
政府(せいふ)は非常事態(ひじょうじたい)宣言(せんげん)を出(だ)した。
The government issued a state of emergency declaration.
大雪(おおゆき)で交通(こうつう)が止(と)まり、街(まち)は非常事態(ひじょうじたい)に陥(おちい)った。
Heavy snow stopped transportation and the city fell into a state of emergency.

USAGE:
Used for both official government declarations and informal descriptions of serious situations. The compound 非常事態(ひじょうじたい)宣言(せんげん) (state of emergency declaration) became widely known during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 非常事態(ひじょうじたい)宣言(せんげん) (state of emergency declaration)
  • 非常事態(ひじょうじたい)に陥(おちい)る (to fall into a state of emergency)
  • 非常事態(ひじょうじたい)が発生(はっせい)する (an emergency occurs)
  • 非常事態(ひじょうじたい)に備(そな)える (to prepare for emergencies)

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 緊急事態(きんきゅうじたい): emergency — very similar, used interchangeably in many contexts
  • 非常(ひじょう): emergency, extraordinary — the base word, used as a prefix
  • 危機(きき): crisis — more abstract, often used for political or economic crises
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Added 2026.3.18 16:58
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