- 1〔心身が引き締まること〕(a) strain; tension
緊張する be nervous [tense]; feel the strain
- 緊張した面もち[声]
- a strained [nervous] look [voice]
- 社長の前で緊張してろくろく意見も言えなかった
- I was so nervous [tense] in front of the president that I had difficulty expressing my opinion.
- 彼女の笑顔で私たちの緊張がほぐれた
- Her smile eased our tension.
- 2〔今にも争いが起こりそうなこと〕tension(s)(▼通例複数形)
- 東西の緊張緩和
- easing [relaxation] of East-West tensions
- 緊張する国境地帯
- a tense border area [region]
- 緊張感a tense atmosphere
- 緊張緩和〔国際関係の〕détente [deitάːnt]