Japanese

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Kanji in this term
あや
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「危うい
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 危うく やうく
うく
やう
[àyáúkú]
[àyáꜜùkù]
[àyáúꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) 危うい やうい
やう
[àyáúí]
[àyáúꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 危うい やうい
やう
[àyáúí]
[àyáúꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative 危うくない やうくな
うくない
やうくない
[àyáúkúnáꜜì]
[àyáꜜùkùnàì]
[àyáúꜜkùnàì]
Informal past 危うかった やうかった
うかった
[àyáúꜜkàttà]
[àyáꜜùkàttà]
Informal negative past 危うくなかった やうくなかった
うくなかった
やうくなかった
[àyáúkúnáꜜkàttà]
[àyáꜜùkùnàkàttà]
[àyáúꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal 危ういです やういです [àyáúꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 危うくて やうくて
うくて
[àyáúꜜkùtè]
[àyáꜜùkùtè]
Conditional 危うければ やうければ
うければ
[àyáúꜜkèrèbà]
[àyáꜜùkèrèbà]

Adjective

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(あや)うい (ayauiあやふい (ayafui)?-i (adverbial (あや)うく (ayauku))

  1. dangerous, critical, serious
    (おも)っても(まな)ばねば(すなわ)(あや)うい
    Omotte mo manabaneba sunawachi ayaui.
    A thinking without learning is just dangerous.
  2. uncertain, unreliable, insecure
    (かれ)当選(とうせん)(あや)うい
    Kare no tōsen wa ayaui.
    His winning seems insecure.
  3. limping, narrow, close
    (あや)うい(ところ)(たす)かった。
    Ayaui tokoro o tasukatta.
    I had a narrow escape.

Inflection

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Synonyms

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN