危険は見くびるとすぐやってくる。

危険は見くびるとすぐやってくる。

Danger comes soonest when it is despised.

危険(きけん)は見(み)くびるとすぐやってくる。

Kiken wa mikubiru to sugu yattekuru.

危険 (きけん)

danger; peril; hazard; risk

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

見縊る (みくびる)

to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

直ぐ (すぐ)

immediately; at once; directly; soon; before long; shortly; easily; without difficulty; right (near); nearby; just (handy)

やって来る (やってくる)

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

Readings: キ、あぶ.ない、あや.うい、あや.ぶむ

Meanings: dangerous, fear, uneasy

Readings: ケン、けわ.しい

Meanings: precipitous, inaccessible place, impregnable position, steep place, sharp eyes

Readings: ケン、み.る、み.える、み.せる

Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible