"やばい" meaning in Japanese

See やばい in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ja̠ba̠i]
Etymology: Originally a slang term used in the criminal underworld, used to indicate that the police were getting close. First cited to a cant dictionary from 1892. Derived as a shift to an -i adjective of older -na adjective やば (yaba, “illegal, dangerous, uneasy, not going well”), itself a slang term of uncertain derivation that appears in sources from the late 1700s. Possibly related to the ayabu- stem in 危ぶむ (ayabumu, “to fear something, to view something as dangerous”), and the ayau- stem in 危うい (ayaui, “dangerous”, ancient reading ayafui). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|やば||illegal, dangerous, uneasy, not going well}} やば (yaba, “illegal, dangerous, uneasy, not going well”) Head templates: {{ja-adj|infl=i}} やばい • (yabai) -i (adverbial やばく (yabaku)) 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=|lemma=やば|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: yabai [romanization], やばく [adverbial], no-table-tags [table-tags], やばかろ [imperfective, stem], yabakaro [imperfective, stem], やばく [continuative, stem], yabaku [continuative, stem], やばい [stem, terminative], yabai [stem, terminative], やばい [attributive, stem], yabai [attributive, stem], やばけれ [hypothetical, stem], yabakere [hypothetical, stem], やばかれ [imperative, stem], yabakare [imperative, stem], やばくない [informal, negative], yabaku nai [informal, negative], やばかった [informal, past], yabakatta [informal, past], やばくなかった [informal, negative, past], yabaku nakatta [informal, negative, past], やばいです [formal], yabai desu [formal], やばくないです [formal, negative], yabaku nai desu [formal, negative], やばかったです [formal, past], yabakatta desu [formal, past], やばくなかったです [formal, negative, past], yabaku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], やばくて [conjunctive], yabakute [conjunctive], やばければ [conditional], yabakereba [conditional], やばかったら [conditional, past], yabakattara [conditional, past], やばかろう [volitional], yabakarō [volitional], やばく [adverbial], yabaku [adverbial], やばさ [noun-from-adj], yabasa [noun-from-adj]
  1. (colloquial) dangerous, risky Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-やばい-ja-adj-dqsVP50X
  2. (colloquial) risque, off-color, vulgar Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-やばい-ja-adj-v0Vo3qXf Categories (other): Japanese links with manual fragments Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 8 46 37 8 0
  3. (colloquial) highly concerning (in a negative way) Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-やばい-ja-adj-NfUOgeeI
  4. (slang) very good, awesome, crazy, sick, wild Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-やばい-ja-adj-iooE~1fq Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 2 14 7 78 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 4 26 14 57 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 3 21 11 65 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 3 21 11 65 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 5 4 90 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 5 4 91 0

Interjection

IPA: [ja̠ba̠i] Forms: yabai [romanization]
Etymology: Originally a slang term used in the criminal underworld, used to indicate that the police were getting close. First cited to a cant dictionary from 1892. Derived as a shift to an -i adjective of older -na adjective やば (yaba, “illegal, dangerous, uneasy, not going well”), itself a slang term of uncertain derivation that appears in sources from the late 1700s. Possibly related to the ayabu- stem in 危ぶむ (ayabumu, “to fear something, to view something as dangerous”), and the ayau- stem in 危うい (ayaui, “dangerous”, ancient reading ayafui). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|やば||illegal, dangerous, uneasy, not going well}} やば (yaba, “illegal, dangerous, uneasy, not going well”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection}} やばい • (yabai)
  1. oh no, crap Related terms: 大変 (taihen) (ruby: (たい), (へん)), すごい (sugoi), まじ卍 (majimanji) (ruby: (まんじ))
    Sense id: en-やばい-ja-intj-jgZMKZml

Alternative forms

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    {
      "form": "やばかれ",
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    {
      "form": "yabakare",
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    {
      "form": "やばくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yabaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "やばかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "yabakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "やばくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "negative",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "yabaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やばいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yabai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やばくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yabaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やばかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "yabakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やばくなかったです",
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        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "yabaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やばくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yabakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やばければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yabakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やばかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "yabakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やばかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yabakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "やばく",
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      "form": "yabaku",
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      "form": "やばさ",
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        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
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        "formal_past": "かった です",
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        "imperfective": "かろ",
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          "roman": "Chanto shinakya yabē koto ni naru zo.",
          "text": "ちゃんとしなきゃやべぇことになるぞ。",
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          "roman": "Aitsu yabai nā.",
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          "english": "I might be screwed.",
          "roman": "Boku yabai kamo.",
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          "text": "僕やばいかも。",
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          "roman": "Kore yabakune?",
          "text": "これやばくね?",
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              16,
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          "english": "that girl looks way too amazing in sailor uniforms",
          "literal_meaning": "the sailor uniform appearance of that girl is too awesome",
          "roman": "ano ko no seifuku-sugata ga yabasugiru",
          "ruby": [
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              "子",
              "こ"
            ],
            [
              "制",
              "せい"
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            [
              "服",
              "ふく"
            ],
            [
              "姿",
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  ],
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    "ja:松村明"
  ],
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      "form": "yabai",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やばく",
      "roman": "yabaku",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "ja-i",
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    },
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      "form": "やばかろ",
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        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "yabakaro",
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        "imperfective",
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    {
      "form": "やばく",
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    {
      "form": "yabaku",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やばい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
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    },
    {
      "form": "yabai",
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        "stem",
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    },
    {
      "form": "やばい",
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      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yabai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やばけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yabakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やばかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yabakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やばくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yabaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やばかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yabakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やばくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yabaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やばいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yabai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やばくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yabaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やばかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yabakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やばくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yabaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やばくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yabakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やばければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yabakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やばかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yabakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やばかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yabakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やばく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yabaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やばさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yabasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "infl": "i"
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    }
  ],
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        "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",
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  "pos": "adj",
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      "categories": [
        "Japanese colloquialisms"
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      "glosses": [
        "dangerous, risky"
      ],
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        [
          "risky",
          "risky"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) dangerous, risky"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "risque, off-color, vulgar"
      ],
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        [
          "risque",
          "risque"
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          "off-color",
          "off-color"
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          "vulgar",
          "vulgar"
        ]
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        "(colloquial) risque, off-color, vulgar"
      ],
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        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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      ],
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          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "roman": "Chanto shinakya yabē koto ni naru zo.",
          "text": "ちゃんとしなきゃやべぇことになるぞ。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "roman": "Aitsu yabai nā.",
          "text": "あいつやばいなぁ。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              1,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I might be screwed.",
          "roman": "Boku yabai kamo.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "僕",
              "ぼく"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "僕やばいかも。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "highly concerning (in a negative way)"
      ],
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        [
          "highly",
          "highly"
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        [
          "concerning",
          "concerning"
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        "(colloquial) highly concerning (in a negative way)"
      ],
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        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
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              5,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "roman": "Kore yabakune?",
          "text": "これやばくね?",
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        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              31
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              28,
              38
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "english": "that girl looks way too amazing in sailor uniforms",
          "literal_meaning": "the sailor uniform appearance of that girl is too awesome",
          "roman": "ano ko no seifuku-sugata ga yabasugiru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "子",
              "こ"
            ],
            [
              "制",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "服",
              "ふく"
            ],
            [
              "姿",
              "すがた"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "あの子の制服姿がヤバすぎる",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "very good, awesome, crazy, sick, wild"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "very",
          "very"
        ],
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "awesome",
          "awesome"
        ],
        [
          "crazy",
          "crazy"
        ],
        [
          "sick",
          "sick"
        ],
        [
          "wild",
          "wild"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) very good, awesome, crazy, sick, wild"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "やばい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ja̠ba̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijirin",
    "Daijisen",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "やばい"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "やば",
        "2": "",
        "3": "illegal, dangerous, uneasy, not going well"
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    {
      "roman": "taihen",
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        [
          "大",
          "たい"
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          "変",
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        ]
      ],
      "word": "大変"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sugoi",
      "word": "すごい"
    },
    {
      "roman": "majimanji",
      "ruby": [
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        ]
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        "oh no, crap"
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        [
          "oh no",
          "oh no"
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      "other": "やばい"
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    }
  ],
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    "Daijirin",
    "Daijisen",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for やばい meaning in Japanese (9.9kB)

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