9 strokes
Frequency: 1317
JLPT N1
Grade 8

Meanings

risk
face
defy
dare
damage
assume (a name)

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ボウ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
おか.す

Dictionary

Common Words

うけん
~する Verb
Noun
Intransitive
Freq #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

うとう
Noun
Freq #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.
ぼうけんしゃ
Noun
Freq #8178
1

adventurer

危険をおかす
きけんをおかす
Expression
Godan verb
Freq #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.
Godan verb
Transitive
Freq #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

冒とく
うとく
冒瀆
~する Verb
Noun
Transitive
Freq #19375
1

blasphemy; profanity; sacrilege; desecration; defilement

だいぼうけん
Noun
Freq #29744
1

great adventure

うけんか
Noun
Freq #40541
1

adventurer

Examples
彼女は根っからの冒険家だ。
She has an innate love of adventure.
ぼうけんしん
Noun
Freq #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.
やまいにおかされる
Expression
Ichidan verb
Freq #60115
1

to be attacked by a disease

Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

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risk

Constituents

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day
sun
eye

Mnemonic Stories

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

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