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pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
時間が切迫していて、急いでいます。
Time is pressing, so I'm in a hurry.
締切が切迫して、徹夜で作業した。
The deadline was imminent, so I worked all night.
切迫した状況で冷静に判断できた。
I was able to make a calm judgment in an urgent situation.