きんちょう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of きんちょう – see the following entries.
緊張
[noun] physical tension, strain
[noun] mental strain, nervousness
[noun] tension in a relationship
[noun] the contracted state of a muscle
[verb] be physically tense
[verb] be mentally tense, be nervous
[verb] for a relationship to suffer tension
[verb] for a muscle to contract
謹聴
[noun] being all ears
[noun] hear, hear
[verb] to listen attentively
禽鳥
[noun] birds, fowl
(This term, きんちょう (kinchō), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)