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緊きん張ちょう

N3
きんちょう kinchou
  1. tension
  2. mental strain
  3. nervousness
nounする verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

紧张;紧绷

Examples

  • 冷れい戦せんの緊きん張ちょうが高たかまった。
    Cold-war tension has mounted.
    冷战的紧张局势加剧了。
  • そんなに緊きん張ちょうしなくてもいいですよ。
    There's no need to be that tense.
    不必那么紧张。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('9236d54fda'); // 緊張
{
  "id": "9236d54fda",
  "word": "緊張",
  "reading": "きんちょう",
  "romaji": "kinchou",
  "meanings": [
    "tension",
    "mental strain",
    "nervousness"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "vs",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1241880,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "冷戦の緊張が高まった。",
      "furigana": "{冷戦|れいせん}の{緊張|きんちょう}が{高|たか}まった。",
      "en": "Cold-war tension has mounted.",
      "tatoeba_id": 77650
    },
    {
      "ja": "そんなに緊張しなくてもいいですよ。",
      "furigana": "そんなに{緊張|きんちょう}しなくてもいいですよ。",
      "en": "There's no need to be that tense.",
      "tatoeba_id": 74978
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "370baf0a74a224c6b96d41a473bac4def390c5f75ccad26eb3fe032c05a80b9b",
    "meanings": [
      "紧张",
      "紧绷"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "冷戦の緊張が高まった。",
        "zh": "冷战的紧张局势加剧了。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "そんなに緊張しなくてもいいですよ。",
        "zh": "不必那么紧张。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/9236d54fda",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1241880; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "d58b2c3fbc97b0a7c2dc3367d5188dbc7613c2814ac27d1d05fde247f6770393"
  }
}