危ない

Japanese

Kanji in this term
危
あぶ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

危ない (-i inflection, hiragana あぶない, rōmaji abunai)

  1. dangerous, critical, perilous, risky
    彼 (かれ)は命 (いのち)が危 (あぶ)ない。
    Kare wa inochi ga abunai.
    His life is in danger.
    He is in a critical condition.
  2. uncertain, unreliable, insecure
    危 (あぶ)ない事 (こと)はするな。
    Abunai koto wa suru na.
    Don't take chances.
  3. limping, narrow, close
    • 1999 February 28 [Jun 10 1996], Tsuda, Masami, “彼かれ氏し彼かの女じょの事じ情じょう　ＡＣＴ１★彼かの女じょの事じ情じょう [His and Her Circumstances: ACT 1★Her Circumstance]”, in 彼氏彼女の事情 [His and Her Circumstances], volume 1 (fiction, in Japanese), 28th edition, Tokyo: Hakusensha, →ISBN, page 22:
      あ…あぶなかった…ッ　今 (いま)ものすごくやな死 (し)に方 (かた)するとこだった…………
      A…Abunakatta…' Ima monosugoku ya na shinikata suru toko datta…………
      Th…That was close… I could have died because of that…………

Inflection

Synonyms

Interjection

危ない (hiragana あぶない, rōmaji abunai)

  1. Watch out!

See also

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