Danger - Danger

Japanese: 危険 - きけん

〘noun〙 (adjective) 1. The fear of harm to one's body or life. A state of danger. ※Shoku Nihongi - Tenpyo 9th year (737), April 1st, Bouwu "The terrain is flat for 80 ri _{and there} _{are many} dangerous _places ." ※Kinseiki Mon (1875-81), Somezaki Nobufusa, vol. 10 "The government army penetrated deeply into a dangerous enemy country." [Han Feizi - Youdu] 2. The possibility of disrupting the current social order. "Dangerous thoughts." ※Keizai Shogaku (1867), Vol . 2 "In a country that has been founded for a long time, the customs are gradually becoming dangerous." 3. The possibility of something undesirable happening. Also, the state of being on the brink of death in particular. ※The Greatest Legacy to Future Generations (1897) by Kanzo Uchimura 1. "I think it is extremely dangerous for a person who has not made up his mind about these two points to accumulate money." ※An Unrelated Death (1961) by Kobo Abe "We are in danger of making mistakes without even realizing it."

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (形動)① 身体、生命に危害の生ずるおそれがあること。危ないさま。※続日本紀‐天平九年（737）四月戊午「八十里地勢平坦無_レ有_二危嶮_一」※近世紀聞（1875‐81）〈染崎延房〉一〇「官軍危嶮(キケン)の敵国に斯の如くに深入して」〔韓非子‐有度〕② 社会の現秩序をみだす可能性があること。「危険思想」※経済小学（1867）下「開闢(かいびゃく)既に久しき国に於ては風俗漸く危嶮に赴き」③ 好ましくないことが起こる可能性があること。また、特に死に瀕した状態にあるさま。※後世への最大遺物（1897）〈内村鑑三〉一「此二つの考に就て十分に決心しない人が金を溜めるといふことは甚だ危険の事だと思ひます」※無関係な死（1961）〈安部公房〉「知らずにへまを犯す危険にさらされている」

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