Definition of 一触即発

一触即発^☆【いっしょくそくはつisshokusokuhatsu】: noun / ~の noun:
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation - four character idiom

Example Sentences

両国ryoukoku はha 一触即発isshokusokuhatsu のno 関係kankei にni あるaru。: Relations between the two countries have been strained to the breaking point.
先ほどsakihodo のno 彼らのkarerano やり取りyaritori にはniha ひやひやhiyahiya したshita よyo。まさにmasani 一触即発isshokusokuhatsu のno 危機kiki だったdatta ねne。: I was really nervous to see how they dealt with each other just now. I guess things were touch-and-go between them.
イスラムISURAMU 系kei 共和国kyouwakoku がga 独立dokuritsu 国家kokka 共同体kyoudoutai にni 参加sanka しないshinai 場合baai、それらsorera のno 国々kuniguni はha 独自のdokujino 勢力seiryoku をwo 形成keisei しshi、一触即発isshokusokuhatsu のno 民族的minzokuteki、宗教shuukyou 的なtekina 亀裂kiretsu をwo 生じshouji かねないkanenai、とto ソ連soren、西側nishigawa のno 消息筋shousokusuji はha 警告keikoku していますshiteimasu。: 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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