Definition of 一触即発 (いっしょくそくはつ)

いっしょくそくは

一触即発

いっしょくそくはつ

isshokusokuhatsu

noun, no-adjective
critical (touch and go) situation, explosive situation(yojijukugo)
Related Kanji
one, one radical (no.1)
contact, touch, feel, hit, proclaim, announce, conflict
instant, namely, as is, conform, agree, adapt
departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots
Example sentences(showing 3 results)

りょうこ
両国
いっしょくそくは
一触即発
かんけい
関係
Relations between the two countries have been strained to the breaking point

けい
きょうわこく
共和国
どくりつ
独立
っか
国家
きょうどうた
共同体
さん
参加
あい
場合
くにぐに
国々
どく
独自の
せいりょ
勢力
けいせい
形成
いっしょくそくは
一触即発
みんぞくてき
民族的
しゅうきょう
宗教
てき
的な
れつ
亀裂
しょ
生じ
れん
ソ連
にしがわ
西側
しょうそくす
消息筋
けいこく
警告
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

I was really nervous to see how they dealt with each other just now. I guess things were touch-and-go between them