冒
冒

risk, face, defy, dare, damage, assume (a name)

9 strokesFrequency 1,317JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ボウ

Kun

おか.す

Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

risk

Constituents

日day
日sun
目eye

Mnemonic Stories

You'll risk your eyesight if you turn your eyes to look up at the sun.

Dictionary

Common Words

冒険ぼうけんNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #4659
1

adventure; venture

Examples
何の冒険もしないなら、何も得られない。
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
2

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger; hazard; risk

冒頭ぼうとうNounFreq #8120
1

beginning; opening; start; outset

Examples
残っているのは冒頭の部分だけであった。
All that was left was the opening.
冒険者ぼうけんしゃNounFreq #8178
1

adventurer

危険を冒す危険をおかすきけんをおかすExpressionGodan verbFreq #14026
1

to brave a danger; to take a risk

Examples
上司を侮辱するような危険をおかすな。
Don't risk insulting your boss.
冒すおかすTransitiveGodan verbFreq #14462
1

to brave; to risk; to face; to venture

Examples
喫煙が彼の肺を冒した。
Smoking has affected his lungs.
2

Of a disease, chemical, etc.

to harm; to afflict; to affect

3

to desecrate; to profane

4

to assume (someone else's surname); to take

冒涜冒とくぼうとく冒瀆NounTransitive～する VerbFreq #19375
1

blasphemy; profanity; sacrilege; desecration; defilement

大冒険だいぼうけんNounFreq #29744
1

great adventure

冒険家ぼうけんかNounFreq #40541
1

adventurer

Examples
彼女は根っからの冒険家だ。
She has an innate love of adventure.
冒険心ぼうけんしんNounFreq #45649
1

adventurous spirit; sense of adventure

Examples
ビルには冒険心がまったくない。
Bill has no sense of adventure.
病に冒されるやまいにおかされるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #60115
1

to be attacked by a disease

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