危ない

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
あぶ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "危ない"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 危なく なく
ぶな
[àbúꜜnàkù]
[àbúnáꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) 危ない ぶな [àbúnáꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 危ない ぶな [àbúnáꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative 危なくない なくない
ぶなくない
[àbúꜜnàkùnàì]
[àbúnáꜜkùnàì]
Informal past 危なかった なかった
ぶなかった
[àbúꜜnàkàttà]
[àbúnáꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 危なくなかった なくなかった
ぶなくなかった
[àbúꜜnàkùnàkàttà]
[àbúnáꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal 危ないです ぶないです [àbúnáꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 危なくて なくて
ぶなくて
[àbúꜜnàkùtè]
[àbúnáꜜkùtè]
Conditional 危なければ なければ
ぶなければ
[àbúꜜnàkèrèbà]
[àbúnáꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective[edit]

(あぶ)ない (abunai-i (adverbial (あぶ)なく (abunaku))

  1. dangerous, critical, perilous, risky
    (かれ)(いのち)(あぶ)ない
    Kare wa inochi ga abunai.
    His life is in danger.
    He is in a critical condition.
  2. uncertain, unreliable, insecure
    (あぶ)ない(こと)はするな。
    Abunai koto wa suru na.
    Don't take chances.
    (literally, “Don't do dangerous things.”)
  3. limping, narrow, close
    • 1999 February 28 [1996 June 10], Masami Tsuda, “(かれ)()(かの)(じょ)()(じょう) ACT(アクト)(いち)(かの)(じょ)()(じょう) [His and Her Circumstances — Act 1: Her Circumstance]”, in 彼氏彼女の事情 [His and Her Circumstances], 28th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Hakusensha, →ISBN, page 22:
      あ…あぶなかった…ッ (いま)ものすごくやな()(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[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Interjection[edit]

(あぶ)ない (abunai

  1. Watch out!

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN