危うい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
あや
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「危うい
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 危うく やうく
うく
やう


Terminal (終止形) 危うい やうい
やう

Attributive (連体形) 危うい やうい
やう

Key constructions
Informal negative 危うくない やうくな
うくない
やうくない


Informal past 危うかった やうかった
うかった

Informal negative past 危うくなかった やうくなかった
うくなかった
やうくなかった


Formal 危ういです やういです
Conjunctive 危うくて やうくて
うくて

Conditional 危うければ やうければ
うければ

Adjective

(あや)うい (ayauiあやふい (ayafui)?-i (adverbial (あや)うく (ayauku))

  1. dangerous, critical, serious
    (おも)っても(まな)ばねば(すなわ)(あや)うい
    Omotte mo manabaneba sunawachi ayaui.
    A thinking without learning is just dangerous.
  2. uncertain, unreliable, insecure
    (かれ)(とう)(せん)(あや)うい
    Kare no tōsen wa ayaui.
    His winning seems insecure.
  3. limping, narrow, close
    (あや)うい(ところ)(たす)かった。
    Ayaui tokoro o tasukatta.
    I had a narrow escape.

Inflection

Synonyms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN