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危うい

Reading

Kana: あやうい
Romaji: ayaui
Kana
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Definitions

1

dangerous; risky; hazardous; perilous; precarious

2

in danger; in jeopardy; critical; grave; at risk

3

uncertain; unreliable; insecure; unsteady; doubtful

4

close (i.e. a close call); narrow

Kanji

Readings: キ、 あぶ.ない、 あや.うい、 あや.ぶむ
Meanings: dangerous, fear, uneasy

Example Sentences

(あや)うい(ところ)(たす)かった。
➥I had a narrow escape.
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(かれ)(あや)ういところで()なずにすんだ。
➥He barely missed being killed.
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敵対(てきたい)勢力間(せいりょくかん)和平(わへい)交渉(こうしょう)再開(さいかい)だけに、関係(かんけい)(あや)うい。
➥Relations are tenuous as peace talks resume between warring factions.
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君子(くんし)(あや)うきに近寄(ちかよ)らず。
➥Keep out of harm's way.
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(あや)ういところで少女(しょうじょ)(みずうみ)でおぼれそうになった。
➥It was a close call when the little girl almost drowned in the lake.
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(かれ)(こん)入院中(にゅういんちゅう)で、()きられるかどうかは(あや)うい状態(じょうたい)だ。
➥He is now in the hospital and his life is in the balance.
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