急 用(きゅうよう)

きゅうよう

noun

urgent business; urgent matter

1. urgent business; something urgent to attend to

A matter that must be dealt with right away. Often given as the reason for leaving early, cancelling or missing an appointment, without saying what the matter is.

急用(きゅうよう)ができた。

Something urgent has come up.

急用(きゅうよう)で先(さき)に帰(かえ)ります。

I'm leaving early because of urgent business.

申(もう)し訳(わけ)ありませんが、急用(きゅうよう)のため明日(あした)の会議(かいぎ)は欠席(けっせき)させていただきます。

I'm very sorry, but because of an urgent matter I will have to miss tomorrow's meeting.

急(きゅう) (sudden, urgent) + 用(よう) (business, errand). A convenient, polite way to excuse oneself: it signals that something urgent has happened without explaining it.

Common collocations

急用(きゅうよう)ができる: something urgent comes up
急用(きゅうよう)で帰(かえ)る: to leave on urgent business
急用(きゅうよう)のため: owing to an urgent matter (formal)
急用(きゅうよう)が入(はい)る: an urgent matter comes in

Similar words

用事(ようじ): an errand or something to do (not necessarily urgent)
急(いそ)ぎの用(よう): the same idea, in plainer words

Related Words

Compare: 用事(ようじ) (an errand or something to do)

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Added 2026.10.8 22:57 · Revised 2026.10.8 22:58

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