Common loanword used in business, finance, health, and everyday contexts to refer to the possibility of loss, danger, or an undesirable outcome.
投資にはリスクがつきものだ。
Risk is inherent in investment.
There is a risk of failure with this investment.
喫煙は健康に大きなリスクをもたらす。
Smoking poses a major risk to health.
彼は大きなリスクを冒して新しい事業を始めた。
He took a big risk and started a new business.
Investors need to bear a certain amount of risk.
She acts in a way that avoids risk as much as possible.
This surgery involves no small amount of risk.
リスク is a loanword used in business, health, and technical contexts much like 危険性, but it feels more modern and casual.
安全 means 'safety' or 'being free from danger', the direct opposite of リスク, which refers to the possibility of loss or harm.
リスク means the risk taken on an investment, while リターン is the potential profit or gain, and the two are commonly discussed together as a trade-off in finance.
risk hedge; hedging; risk avoidance
low-risk
high-risk
high-risk
risk avoidance; risk aversion
Loanword from English 'risk', widely adopted in modern Japanese.
risk appetite
low-risk
credit risk