敢あえて

あえて aete

dare (to do)
challenge (to do)

adverb

Chinese meanings

敢于；特意

Chinese notes

表示明知困难、不寻常或可能遭反对仍有意去做；也可表示特意。

Examples

Furigana

あえて彼かれの意い見けんを支し持じした。
I dared to support his opinion.
我特意支持了他的意见。
Tatoeba #234525
私は危険を犯して敢えてソニーの株を５００株買った。
I went out on a limb and bought 500 shares of Sony stock.
我冒险买了五百股索尼股票。
Tatoeba #157773

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('69bb692c2b'); // 敢えて

{
  "id": "69bb692c2b",
  "word": "敢えて",
  "reading": "あえて",
  "romaji": "aete",
  "meanings": [
    "dare (to do)",
    "challenge (to do)"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1212850,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "あえて彼の意見を支持した。",
      "furigana": "あえて{彼|かれ}の{意見|いけん}を{支持|しじ}した。",
      "en": "I dared to support his opinion.",
      "tatoeba_id": 234525
    },
    {
      "ja": "私は危険を犯して敢えてソニーの株を５００株買った。",
      "en": "I went out on a limb and bought 500 shares of Sony stock.",
      "tatoeba_id": 157773
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "8da4f6b8239586243c88de8e15a17ece2dac5307f1cfe5d3346d57d5d9d42f00",
    "meanings": [
      "敢于",
      "特意"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "あえて彼の意見を支持した。",
        "zh": "我特意支持了他的意见。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "私は危険を犯して敢えてソニーの株を５００株買った。",
        "zh": "我冒险买了五百股索尼股票。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/69bb692c2b",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1212850; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "eae973d531fee7e8a0b04938709b940f95b96feab0412cf193968d3163757397",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "notes": "表示明知困难、不寻常或可能遭反对仍有意去做；也可表示特意。"
  }
}