"危うい" meaning in Japanese

See 危うい in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [a̠ja̠ɯ̟i]
Head templates: {{ja-adj|あやうい|hhira=あやふい|infl=i}} 危(あや)うい • (ayaui) ^(←あやふい (ayafui)?)-i (adverbial 危(あや)うく (ayauku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=あやう|lemma=危う|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: 危うい [canonical] (ruby: (あや)), ayaui [romanization], ayafui [romanization], 危うく [adverbial] (ruby: (あや)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 危うかろ [imperfective, stem], あやうかろ [imperfective, stem], ayaukaro [imperfective], 危うく [continuative, stem], あやうく [continuative, stem], ayauku [continuative], 危うい [stem, terminative], あやうい [stem, terminative], ayaui [terminative], 危うい [attributive, stem], あやうい [attributive, stem], ayaui [attributive], 危うけれ [hypothetical, stem], あやうけれ [hypothetical, stem], ayaukere [hypothetical], 危うかれ [imperative, stem], あやうかれ [imperative, stem], ayaukare [imperative], 危うくない [informal, negative], あやうくない [informal, negative], ayauku nai [informal, negative], 危うかった [informal, past], あやうかった [informal, past], ayaukatta [informal, past], 危うくなかった [informal, negative, past], あやうくなかった [informal, negative, past], ayauku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 危ういです [formal], あやういです [formal], ayaui desu [formal], 危うくないです [formal, negative], あやうくないです [formal, negative], ayauku nai desu [formal, negative], 危うかったです [formal, past], あやうかったです [formal, past], ayaukatta desu [formal, past], 危うくなかったです [formal, negative, past], あやうくなかったです [formal, negative, past], ayauku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 危うくて [conjunctive], あやうくて [conjunctive], ayaukute [conjunctive], 危うければ [conditional], あやうければ [conditional], ayaukereba [conditional], 危うかったら [conditional, past], あやうかったら [conditional, past], ayaukattara [conditional, past], 危うかろう [volitional], あやうかろう [volitional], ayaukarō [volitional], 危うく [adverbial], あやうく [adverbial], ayauku [adverbial], 危うさ [noun-from-adj], あやうさ [noun-from-adj], ayausa [noun-from-adj]
  1. dangerous, critical, serious Synonyms (all meanings): 危ない (abunai) (ruby: (あぶ)) Synonyms (dangerous): 危険 (kiken) (ruby: (), (けん))
    Sense id: en-危うい-ja-adj-bS0ICFid Disambiguation of 'all meanings': 55 30 15 Disambiguation of 'dangerous': 99 1 0
  2. uncertain, unreliable, insecure Synonyms (uncertain): おぼつかない (obotsukanai), 不確実 (fukakujitsu)
    Sense id: en-危うい-ja-adj-AYV-ETd7 Disambiguation of 'uncertain': 2 97 1
  3. limping, narrow, close
    Sense id: en-危うい-ja-adj-d9KETapU Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 13 22 65 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 11 22 67 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 26 20 54 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 14 23 63 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 24 20 55 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 26 20 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 19 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 10 88
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      "form": "危うい",
      "ruby": [
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          "危",
          "あや"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "ayaui",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayafui",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "危うく",
      "roman": "ayauku",
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          "あや"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaukaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayauku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaui",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaui",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaukere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaukare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayauku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaukatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayauku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危ういです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやういです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaui desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayauku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaukatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayauku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaukute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaukereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaukattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaukarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayauku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayausa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "あやうい",
        "hhira": "あやふい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "危(あや)うい • (ayaui) ^(←あやふい (ayafui)?)-i (adverbial 危(あや)うく (ayauku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "あやう",
        "lemma": "危う",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              36,
              45
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              31,
              36
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          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "english": "A thinking without learning is just dangerous.",
          "roman": "Omotte mo manabaneba sunawachi ayaui.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "思",
              "おも"
            ],
            [
              "学",
              "まな"
            ],
            [
              "即",
              "すなわ"
            ],
            [
              "危",
              "あや"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "思っても学ばねば即ち危うい。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dangerous, critical, serious"
      ],
      "id": "en-危うい-ja-adj-bS0ICFid",
      "links": [
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        [
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        [
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          "serious"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "55 30 15",
          "roman": "abunai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "危",
              "あぶ"
            ]
          ],
          "sense": "all meanings",
          "word": "危ない"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "roman": "kiken",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "危",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "険",
              "けん"
            ]
          ],
          "sense": "dangerous",
          "word": "危険"
        }
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    },
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            [
              18,
              26
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            [
              17,
              22
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            [
              5,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "His winning seems insecure.",
          "roman": "Kare no tōsen wa ayaui.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "彼",
              "かれ"
            ],
            [
              "当",
              "とう"
            ],
            [
              "選",
              "せん"
            ],
            [
              "危",
              "あや"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "彼の当選は危うい。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "uncertain, unreliable, insecure"
      ],
      "id": "en-危うい-ja-adj-AYV-ETd7",
      "links": [
        [
          "uncertain",
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        [
          "unreliable",
          "unreliable"
        ],
        [
          "insecure",
          "insecure"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "roman": "obotsukanai",
          "sense": "uncertain",
          "word": "おぼつかない"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "roman": "fukakujitsu",
          "sense": "uncertain",
          "word": "不確実"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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          "_dis": "13 22 65",
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          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 22 67",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
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        {
          "_dis": "26 20 54",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 23 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 20 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 20 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 19 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 10 88",
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              0,
              5
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I had a narrow escape.",
          "roman": "Ayaui tokoro o tasukatta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "危",
              "あや"
            ],
            [
              "所",
              "ところ"
            ],
            [
              "助",
              "たす"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "危うい所を助かった。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "limping, narrow, close"
      ],
      "id": "en-危うい-ja-adj-d9KETapU",
      "links": [
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          "limping",
          "limping"
        ],
        [
          "narrow",
          "narrow"
        ],
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "あやうい"
    },
    {
      "other": "あやうい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠ja̠ɯ̟i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "危うい"
}
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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese い-i adjectives",
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "危うい",
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    },
    {
      "form": "ayaui",
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    },
    {
      "form": "ayafui",
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        "romanization"
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    },
    {
      "form": "危うく",
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      "ruby": [
        [
          "危",
          "あや"
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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    },
    {
      "form": "危うかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "imperfective",
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    {
      "form": "あやうかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "imperfective",
        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "ayaukaro",
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        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うく",
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        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうく",
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        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayauku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaui",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaui",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaukere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaukare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayauku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaukatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayauku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危ういです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやういです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaui desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayauku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaukatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayauku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaukute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaukereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaukattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaukarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayauku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "危うさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやうさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayausa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "あやうい",
        "hhira": "あやふい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "危(あや)うい • (ayaui) ^(←あやふい (ayafui)?)-i (adverbial 危(あや)うく (ayauku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "あやう",
        "lemma": "危う",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              36,
              45
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              31,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "english": "A thinking without learning is just dangerous.",
          "roman": "Omotte mo manabaneba sunawachi ayaui.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "思",
              "おも"
            ],
            [
              "学",
              "まな"
            ],
            [
              "即",
              "すなわ"
            ],
            [
              "危",
              "あや"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "思っても学ばねば即ち危うい。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dangerous, critical, serious"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dangerous",
          "dangerous"
        ],
        [
          "critical",
          "critical"
        ],
        [
          "serious",
          "serious"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              17,
              22
            ]
          ],
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            [
              5,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "His winning seems insecure.",
          "roman": "Kare no tōsen wa ayaui.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "彼",
              "かれ"
            ],
            [
              "当",
              "とう"
            ],
            [
              "選",
              "せん"
            ],
            [
              "危",
              "あや"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "彼の当選は危うい。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "uncertain, unreliable, insecure"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "uncertain",
          "uncertain"
        ],
        [
          "unreliable",
          "unreliable"
        ],
        [
          "insecure",
          "insecure"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              8,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I had a narrow escape.",
          "roman": "Ayaui tokoro o tasukatta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "危",
              "あや"
            ],
            [
              "所",
              "ところ"
            ],
            [
              "助",
              "たす"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "危うい所を助かった。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "limping, narrow, close"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "limping",
          "limping"
        ],
        [
          "narrow",
          "narrow"
        ],
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "あやうい"
    },
    {
      "other": "あやうい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠ja̠ɯ̟i]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "abunai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "危",
          "あぶ"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "all meanings",
      "word": "危ない"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kiken",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "危",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "険",
          "けん"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "dangerous",
      "word": "危険"
    },
    {
      "roman": "obotsukanai",
      "sense": "uncertain",
      "word": "おぼつかない"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fukakujitsu",
      "sense": "uncertain",
      "word": "不確実"
    }
  ],
  "word": "危うい"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 危うい meaning in Japanese (8.4kB)

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