| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|
| 緊急 | きんきゅう | urgent, pressing, emergency |
| 緊張 | きんちょう | tension, mental strain, nervousness |
| 緊密 | きんみつ | rigour, rigor, closeness, compactness, tightly knit |
| 緊迫 | きんぱく | tension, strain |
| 緊縮 | きんしゅく | shrinkage, contraction, economy, retrenchment |
| 緊要 | きんよう | momentous, exigent, urgent, important, vital |
| 緊い | かたい | hard, solid, tough; stiff, tight, wooden, unpolished (e.g. writing); strong, firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe, steady, honest, steadfast; obstinate, stubborn; bookish, formal, stuffy |
| 緊まる | しまる | to be shut, to close, to be closed; to be locked; to tighten, to be tightened; to become sober, to become tense |
| 緊める | しめる | to tie, to fasten; to total, to sum; to be strict with; to economize (economise), to cut down on |
| 緊と | ひしと | tightly, firmly, fast; sharply, keenly |
