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危ぶむ (あやぶむ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N1 Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
godan verb (-mu), transitive verb
fear ; doubt ; have misgivings about
Expresses a worried, uneasy feeling that something might go wrong or that a situation is precarious. Often used with abstract nouns like 将来, 成功, 命, or 行方.
天てん
候こう
の
中なか
で
の
下げ
山ざん
を
危あや
ぶん
だ
。
The climbers had misgivings about descending in the bad weather.
Written forms 危あや ぶむ Usage 93%
Standard kanji spelling; the only written form.
あやぶむ Usage 7%
Similar words 心配しんぱい する 心配する is the general word for 'worry' and is much more common in everyday speech. 危ぶむ is more literary and focuses on doubting a favorable outcome or sensing danger ahead.
疑うたが う 疑う means 'to doubt' in the sense of suspecting falsehood or dishonesty. 危ぶむ is about fearing an undesirable result, not about questioning someone's truthfulness.
Etymology Compound of 危 (あや, 'dangerous, uncertain') + ぶむ, a suffix that attaches to adjectives to form verbs meaning 'to seem ~' or 'to feel ~'. The derivation is transparent from classical Japanese.
