Chinese

Adjective

至急

1. (literary) extremely urgent

Japanese

Adverb

至急 ‎(hiragana しきゅう, romaji shikyū)

1. forthwith, ASAP

   至急 (しきゅう)お返事 (へんじ)をお願 (ねが)いします。

   Shikyū o-henji o o-negai shimasu.

   I await your prompt reply.

Noun

至急 ‎(hiragana しきゅう, romaji shikyū)

1. emergency, urgent case

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.
• 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, ISBN 4469021067