Japanese word
危ない
あぶない
In your course · Chapter 40
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Register
- informal
- Level
- B2
- Frequency
- No. 1,168 in the course corpus
Meanings
- dangerous
- risky
- hazardous
- perilous
- precarious
- in danger
- in jeopardy
- critical
- grave
- at risk
- uncertain
- unreliable
- insecure
- unsteady
- doubtful
- close (call)
- narrow (escape)
- sketchy
- shady
- dodgy
- look out!
- watch out!
- be careful!
Source: Tonada course · JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG Licence))
Kanji
- 危
- On reading:
- キ
- Kun reading:
- あぶ.ない、あや.うい、あや.ぶむ
- Meanings:
- dangerous, fear, uneasy
Source: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG Licence))