Hanamaruhanamaru

あぶない

危ない

dangerous

abunai

JLPT
N5
Frequency
#5,594

Meanings

  1. 1
    dangerous; risky; hazardousadj-i
  2. 2
    in danger; in jeopardy; criticaladj-i
  3. 3
    uncertain; unreliable; insecureadj-i

JMdict 1218380

In a sentence

あぶない危ないdangerousくるまcarくるよ来るよis coming

Danger! A car is coming!

How it works

Two beats, glued by urgency. First the warning shouts out alone — 危ないあぶない (dangerous) — then the reason follows. (subject) marks くるま (car) as the thing doing the action, and 来るくる (is coming) stays in plain form because there's no time to be polite. The final (I'm telling you!) pushes the alert at the listener — “heads up!”

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