危うい
N2あやうい ayaui
- dangerous
- critical
- grave
い-adjective
Chinese meanings
危险;险些
Examples
- 危うい所を助かった。I had a narrow escape.在危险关头获救了。
- 危ういところで少女は湖でおぼれそうになった。It was a close call when the little girl almost drowned in the lake.那个女孩差点在湖里淹死。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('488070d93a'); // 危うい
{
"id": "488070d93a",
"word": "危うい",
"reading": "あやうい",
"romaji": "ayaui",
"meanings": [
"dangerous",
"critical",
"grave"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"adj-i"
],
"jmdict_id": 1218360,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "危うい所を助かった。",
"furigana": "{危|あや}うい{所|ところ}を{助|たす}かった。",
"en": "I had a narrow escape.",
"tatoeba_id": 183602
},
{
"ja": "危ういところで少女は湖でおぼれそうになった。",
"furigana": "{危|あや}ういところで{少女|しょうじょ}は{湖|みずうみ}でおぼれそうになった。",
"en": "It was a close call when the little girl almost drowned in the lake.",
"tatoeba_id": 183603
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "1bef01d412ffdcc3f71ebdfc9a7b234eeb58bb43b31d44af1c550a5c040cf14d",
"meanings": [
"危险",
"险些"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "危うい所を助かった。",
"zh": "在危险关头获救了。"
},
{
"ja": "危ういところで少女は湖でおぼれそうになった。",
"zh": "那个女孩差点在湖里淹死。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/488070d93a",
"JMdict ent_seq 1218360; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "a5dd705046f9672fc8ad7148ab73138885dada82a1e773830316a1863fade9f6"
}
}