非 常 時(ひじょうじ)

ひじょうじ

noun

emergency; time of crisis

1. emergency; time of crisis; state of emergency

A period when normal conditions break down and extraordinary measures are needed, such as a disaster, war, or serious accident. Used of the situation as a whole rather than of a single incident.

非常時(ひじょうじ)に備(そな)える。

To prepare for an emergency.

非常時(ひじょうじ)には、この階段(かいだん)を使(つか)ってください。

In an emergency, please use these stairs.

非常時(ひじょうじ)の対応(たいおう)については、年(ねん)に一度(いちど)訓練(くんれん)を行(おこな)っている。

We hold a drill once a year on how to respond in an emergency.

平常時(へいじょうじ)と非常時(ひじょうじ)では、判断(はんだん)の基準(きじゅん)がまったく違(ちが)う。

The criteria for making decisions are completely different in normal times and in an emergency.

非常(ひじょう) (extraordinary, emergency) + 時(じ) (time). The word names the *period* of crisis, so it is usually followed by に or の rather than used as the subject of a sentence.

Common collocations

非常時(ひじょうじ)に備(そな)える: to prepare for an emergency
非常時(ひじょうじ)の対応(たいおう): emergency response
非常時(ひじょうじ)用(よう): for emergency use
非常時(ひじょうじ)を想定(そうてい)する: to assume an emergency scenario

Similar words

緊急事態(きんきゅうじたい): state of emergency — more official, used of formally declared emergencies
有事(ゆうじ): contingency, armed emergency — mainly military or national-security contexts
平常時(へいじょうじ): normal times — the standard opposite, often paired with it

Related Words

Compare: 緊急事態(きんきゅうじたい) (state of emergency)

Compare: 有事(ゆうじ) (contingency, armed emergency)

Antonym: 平常時(へいじょうじ) (normal times)

Compare: 急場(きゅうば) (emergency)

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Added 2026.7.30 21:18 · Revised 2026.9.4 21:29

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