Definition of 一触即発 (いっしょくそくはつ)

いっしょくそくはつ

一触即発

いっしょくそくはつ

isshokusokuhatsu

Common word

noun, no-adjective

•

critical (touch and go) situation, explosive situation(yojijukugo)

Related Kanji

一	one, one radical (no.1)
触	contact, touch, feel, hit, proclaim, announce, conflict
即	instant, namely, as is, conform, agree, adapt
発	departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots

Example sentences(showing 3 results)

りょうこく

いっしょくそくはつ

かんけい

Relations between the two countries have been strained to the breaking point

けい

きょうわこく

どくりつ

こっか

きょうどうたい

さんか

ばあい

、

くにぐに

どくじ

せいりょく

けいせい

、

いっしょくそくはつ

一触即発

の

みんぞくてき

民族的

、

しゅうきょう

てき

きれつ

しょう

、

れん

、

にしがわ

しょうそくすじ

けいこく

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

さきほど

かれ

と

。