一触即発
Kanji
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ショク、 ふ.れる、 さわ.る、 さわ
Meanings: contact, touch, feel, hit, proclaim, announce, conflict
Readings: ソク、 つ.く、 つ.ける、 すなわ.ち
Meanings: instant, namely, as is, conform, agree, adapt
Readings: ハツ、 ホツ、 た.つ、 あば.く、 おこ.る、 つか.わす、 はな.つ
Meanings: departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots
Example Sentences
➥Relations between the two countries have been strained to the breaking point.
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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。
➥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.
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➥I was really nervous to see how they dealt with each other just now. I guess things were touch-and-go between them.
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