危き険けん

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Meanings

Used as a noun for danger or as a na-adjective meaning dangerous or hazardous. Common in warnings, safety notices, and everyday speech.

Antonyms: 安全

この道みちは夜よるになると危き険けんだ。
This road is dangerous at night.
危き険けんな場ば所しょには近ちかづかないでください。
Please do not go near dangerous places.

noun, na-adjective

risk; chance of harm

Refers to the possibility of harm or loss, especially in phrases such as 危険がある, 危険を伴う, and 危険を冒す.

その計けい画かくには大おおきな危き険けんが伴ともなう。
That plan involves a major risk.
命いのちの危き険けんを冒おかしてまで行いく必ひつ要ようはない。
There is no need to go so far as to risk your life.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉は危き険けんだ〈place〉 is dangerous
この道みちは夜よるになると危き険けんだ。
This road becomes dangerous at night.
〈事こと〉に危き険けんが伴ともなう〈an activity〉 involves risk
この仕し事ごとには常つねに危き険けんが伴ともなう。
This job always involves danger.
危き険けんな〈物もの〉a dangerous 〈thing〉
工こう場じょうには危き険けんな機き械かいがたくさんある。
There are many dangerous machines in the factory.
〈事こと〉の危き険けんがあるthere is a risk of 〈something〉
台たい風ふうで洪こう水ずいの危き険けんがある。
There is a risk of flooding because of the typhoon.
危き険けんを感かんじるto sense danger
彼かの女じょはその場ばの空くう気きに危き険けんを感かんじた。
She sensed danger in the atmosphere of the place.

Expressions

身みの危き険けんdanger to oneself; personal danger; threat to one's safety
危き険けんを冒おかすbrave a danger; take a risk
危き険けん極きわまるextremely dangerous; perilous in the extreme
危き険けんにさらすexpose to danger; imperil; jeopardize
危き険けんを顧かえりみずheedless of danger; braving dangers

Kanji

危dangerous, fear, uneasy
険precipitous, inaccessible place, impregnable position

Related words· 12

危あぶないN5sense 1
危ない is a more casual, everyday i-adjective for dangerous, while 危険 is a noun/na-adjective that sounds more formal and is common in warnings and notices.
リスク sense 2
リスク is a loanword used mainly for calculated or abstract risk in business, finance, or analysis, while 危険 covers both concrete danger and general risk.
危き険けん性せいN2
危険 is the general word for 'danger/dangerous', while 危険性 specifically points to the abstract degree or likelihood of that danger existing.
冒ぼう険けんN3
危険 describes the state or condition of being dangerous, whereas 冒険 refers to a deliberate risky undertaking or adventure one chooses to pursue.

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脅きょう威い
危険 is the general word for danger or risk, while 脅威 specifically names a person, force, or situation that actively poses that danger.
危き害がいN2
危険 is the broad concept of danger or risk, while 危害 refers to the actual harm or injury that results.
恐おそれN1
危険 states plainly that something is dangerous, while 恐れ (in its risk sense) frames it as a possibility that something bad may happen.
険けん悪あくN1
危険 means physically dangerous or risky, whereas 険悪 focuses on a tense, hostile atmosphere or attitude rather than physical danger.
有ゆう害がいN2
危険 focuses on danger or risk of harm occurring, while 有害 asserts that something actually causes harm or damage.
危あやういN2
危険 is a formal noun/adjectival-noun used to objectively label something as dangerous, while 危うい is a literary i-adjective that stresses a teetering, close-call quality.
ハザード
危険 is the everyday native Japanese word for danger, while ハザード is a more technical loanword used in safety and engineering contexts.
物ぶっ騒そうN2
危険 is a broad, formal word for danger of any kind, whereas 物騒 specifically evokes a troubled, crime-prone or unsettled feeling in a situation or place.

Opposites· 7

安あん全ぜんN4sense 1
safety; security
大だい丈じょう夫ぶN5
危険 means 'dangerous,' the direct opposite of 大丈夫 in its sense of being safe or all right.
手て堅がたい
危険 describes something risky or dangerous, the opposite of the low-risk, dependable quality captured by 手堅い.

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無ぶ事じN3
危険 describes a state of danger or risk, the direct opposite of 無事's state of being free from trouble or harm.
安あん泰たい
危険 means danger or risk, the direct opposite of the secure, worry-free state described by 安泰.
無ぶ難なんN2
危険 means dangerous or risky, the direct opposite of the safe, risk-free sense of 無難.
セキュリティN1
危険 means 'danger/risk', the opposite state to the safety that セキュリティ aims to provide.

Don't confuse with

危き機きN2sense 1
危機 means a crisis or critical juncture in time, whereas 危険 describes the ongoing state or possibility of danger.
棄き権けんN1
棄権 (withdrawal, abstention) and 危険 (danger, risk) are pronounced identically but written with completely different kanji and meanings.
危き篤とくN1
危険 means 'dangerous' in a general sense, while 危篤 refers specifically to a person being near death from illness or injury.

Word family· 31

危き険けん性せいN2
risk; riskiness; danger
危き険けん域いき
critical section
危き険けん度ど
danger level; risk level; degree of danger
危き険けん日び
unsafe day; fertile day
危き険けん物ぶつ
hazardous materials; dangerous goods

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危き険けん率りつ
risk ratio; hazard rate; percentage of risk · significance level; level of significance
危き険けん視し
regard as dangerous; view as a threat
危き険けん人じん物ぶつ
dangerous person; security risk · loose cannon
危き険けん信しん号ごう
danger signal; red light
危き険けん分ぶん子し
dangerous element; high-risk person

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Written forms

危き険けんUsage100%
Standard and very common kanji spelling for the noun and na-adjective.
キケンUsage<1%

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound written with 危, associated with danger or precariousness, and 険, associated with steepness, difficulty, or danger. The spelling transparently matches the modern meaning.