- noun, takes の, four-character idiom critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
一触即発
いっしょくそくはつ
critical (touch and go) situation
Meanings
Its kanji
- 一 イチ、イツ · ひと-、ひと.つ one, one radical (no.1)
- 触 ショク · ふ.れる、さわ.る、さわ contact, touch, feel, hit, proclaim, announce, conflict
- 即 ソク · つ.く、つ.ける、すなわ.ち instant, namely, as is, conform, agree, adapt
- 発 ハツ、ホツ · た.つ、あば.く、おこ.る、つか.わす、はな.つ departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots
In sentences
両国は一触即発の関係にある。 Relations between the two countries have been strained to breaking point. #78105