一触即発
いっしょくそくはつ
isshokusokuhatsu
JMdict entry #1163550
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no' yojijukugo critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
先ほどの彼らのやり取りにはひやひやしたよ。まさに一触即発の危機だったね。
sakihodo no kare ra no yaritori ni ha hiyahiya shi ta yo 。 masani isshoku sokuhatsu no kiki daxtsu ta ne 。
I was really nervous to see how they dealt with each other just now. I guess things were touch-and-go between them.
イスラム系共和国が独立国家共同体に参加しない場合、それらの国々は独自の勢力を形成し、一触即発の民族的、宗教的な亀裂を生じかねない、とソ連、西側の消息筋は警告しています。
isuramu kei kyouwa koku ga dokuritsu kokka kyoudou tai ni sanka shi nai baai 、 sore ra no kuniguni ha dokuji no seiryoku wo keisei shi 、 isshoku sokuhatsu no minzoku teki 、 shuukyou teki na kiretsu wo shouji kane nai 、 to soren 、 nishigawa no shousoku suji ha keikoku shi te i masu 。
Soviet and Western observers have warned that if the Muslim republics do not join the commonwealth, they may from a separate group, setting up a volatile ethnic and religious split.
両国は一触即発の関係にある。
ryoukoku ha isshoku sokuhatsu no kankei ni aru 。
Relations between the two countries have been strained to breaking point.