冒す · godan verb (-su)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 冒す | 冒さない |
| Polite | 冒します | 冒しません |
| Past polite | 冒しました | 冒しませんでした |
| Past | 冒した | 冒さなかった |
| Te-form | 冒して | 冒さないで |
| Desire | 冒したい | 冒したくない |
| Potential | 冒せる | 冒せない |
| Passive | 冒される | 冒されない |
| Causative | 冒させる | 冒させない |
| Causative passive | 冒させられる | 冒させられない |
| Volitional | 冒そう | |
| Polite volitional | 冒しましょう | |
| Imperative | 冒せ | 冒すな |
| Conditional | 冒せば | 冒さなければ |
| Tara conditional | 冒したら | 冒さなかったら |
godan verb (-su), transitive verb
Most commonly used in fixed collocations such as 危険を冒す, meaning to deliberately face or take on danger or risk.
He risked danger to save the child.
There is no need to set out in spite of the heavy rain.
godan verb (-su), transitive verb
Used of disease, poison, chemicals, and similar harmful agents affecting the body or a material; often appears in the passive form 冒される.
He is afflicted with a serious disease.
The metal affected by acid had a rough surface.
godan verb (-su), transitive verb
desecrate; profane
Formal use for violating something sacred, pure, or inviolable; 神聖を冒す is a typical phrase.
The act was criticized as desecrating something sacred.
godan verb (-su), transitive verb
assume another person's surname; take another name
Rare, specialized use with 姓 or 氏, referring to taking or assuming someone else's surname; mainly useful for reading older, legal, or historical contexts.
In old documents, one can find the expression “to assume another family's surname.”
He had been afflicted with an incurable disease since he was young.
That act desecrated the sanctity of the shrine.
He took his adoptive father's surname as his own.