危ない

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
あぶ
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • 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

Terminal (終止形) 危ない ぶな
Attributive (連体形) 危ない ぶな
Key constructions
Informal negative 危なくない なくない
ぶなくない

Informal past 危なかった なかった
ぶなかった

Informal negative past 危なくなかった なくなかった
ぶなくなかった

Formal 危ないです ぶないです
Conjunctive 危なくて なくて
ぶなくて

Conditional 危なければ なければ
ぶなければ

Adjective

(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

Synonyms

Interjection

(あぶ)ない (abunai

  1. Watch out!

See also

References

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