nervousness, tension

Kanji in this word

• 緊 tense, taut
• 張 lengthen, stretch

Example sentences

• 緊張きんちょうしてるの？

  Kinchou shiteru no?

  Are you nervous?

• 緊張きんちょうしてたの？

  Kinchou shiteta no?

  Were you nervous?

Example sentences from the Tatoeba Project, CC-BY 2.0 FR.

Related words · share a kanji

• 緊張感 sense of tension
• 出張 business trip
• 膨張 expansion
• 主張 assertion, claim