険

Meaning

険 centers on steep, dangerous terrain: a precipitous cliff or an inaccessible, impregnable position. The sense of sharp eyes extends this idea to a piercing, penetrating gaze that is hard to approach.

• 危険きけん
  N4

  danger; peril; hazard

• 保険ほけん
  N2

  insurance

• 冒険ぼうけん
  N3

  adventure; venture

• 険しいけわしい
  N2

  precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; impregnable; steep

• 険悪けんあく
  N1

  dangerous; perilous; threatening; stormy; volatile; tense; critical; serious

• 邪険じゃけん

  cruel; hard-hearted; harsh; unkind

• 陰険いんけん

  crafty; tricky; sly; wily; treacherous; underhand

• 険けん

  steepness; steep place

• 社会保険庁しゃかいほけんちょう

  Social Insurance Agency

• 日本生命保険にっぽんせいめいほけん

  Nippon Life Insurance

• 生命保険せいめいほけん
  N3

  life insurance

• 保険金ほけんきん
  N2

  insurance payout; insurance money

• 健康保険けんこうほけん
  N1

  health insurance

• 社会保険しゃかいほけん

  social insurance

• 損害保険そんがいほけん

  non-life insurance; general insurance; property and casualty insurance

• 国民健康保険こくみんけんこうほけん

  national health insurance

• 簡易保険かんいほけん

  postal life insurance

• 被保険者ひほけんしゃ

  insured person

• 火災保険かさいほけん

  fire insurance

• 危険性きけんせい
  N2

  (degree of) risk; riskiness; danger

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