危ない

Meanings

1. dangerous; risky; hazardous; perilous; precarious
2. in danger; in jeopardy; critical; grave; at risk
3. uncertain; unreliable; insecure; unsteady; doubtful
4. close (call); narrow (escape)
5. sketchy; shady; dodgy

Part of speech: i-adjective, interjection

Kanji

• 危

  Meanings

  dangerous, fear, uneasy

  On reading

  キ

  Kun reading

  あぶ.ない、あや.うい、あや.ぶむ

  Strokes

  6

Example sentences

• 火は非常に危ない。

  Fire is very dangerous.

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• こんな夜更けに女の子の一人歩きは危ない。

  It is not safe for a girl to go out by herself so late at night.

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• 彼の命が危ない。

  His life is in danger.

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