JLPT N2 · い-adjective

危うい (ayaui)

危うい (あやうい, ayaui) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “dangerous; in danger”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: あやうい
Romaji: ayaui
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger · い-adjective · usu. as 危ういところ
precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt; in jeopardy; uncertain · い-adjective

Example sentences

危うい所を助かった。

I had a narrow escape.

Tatoeba #183602

危ういところで少女は湖でおぼれそうになった。

It was a close call when the little girl almost drowned in the lake.

Tatoeba #183603

彼は今入院中で、生きられるかどうかは危うい状態だ。

He is now in the hospital and his life is in the balance.

Tatoeba #107063

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 危うい

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	危うい	あやうい ayaui
Negative	危うくない	あやうくない ayaukunai
Past	危うかった	あやうかった ayaukatta
Negative past	危うくなかった	あやうくなかった ayaukunakatta
Te-form	危うくて	あやうくて ayaukute
Adverb (~ku)	危うく	あやうく ayauku
Conditional (~ba)	危うければ	あやうければ ayaukereba

Kanji in 危うい

危

dangerous, fear, uneasyキ・あぶ.ない・あや.うい · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 危うい.

危ないあぶないdangerous危険きけんdanger危害きがいinjury危機ききcrisis危ぶむあやぶむto fear

Source: JMdict entry 1218360 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.