冒おかす

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

brave; risk; venture into

Most commonly used in fixed collocations such as 危険を冒す, meaning to deliberately face or take on danger or risk.

• 彼かれは危き険けんを冒おかして子こどもを助たすけた。

  He risked danger to save the child.

• 大おお雨あめを冒おかして出しゅっ発ぱつする必ひつ要ようはない。

  There is no need to set out in spite of the heavy rain.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

afflict; harm; affect

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.

• 彼かれは重おもい病やまいに冒おかされている。

  He is afflicted with a serious disease.

• 酸さんに冒おかされた金きん属ぞくは表ひょう面めんが荒あれていた。

  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.

• その行こう為いは神しん聖せいを冒おかすものだと批ひ判はんされた。

  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.

• 古ふるい文ぶん書しょでは、「他た家けの姓せいを冒おかす」という表ひょう現げんが見みられる。

  In old documents, one can find the expression “to assume another family's surname.”