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I’m doing my Textfugu flash cards when I see きけん as dangerous, and あぶない as dangerous. I’m OK with both meaning the same thing, but I suspect one is used in one context, and another is used in another context. Problem is I don’t have any guesses as to which would be used when.
Any ideas on how to clarify this?
Nope. But I feel this may happen a lot with other words.. I know lots of い adjectives that have similar meanings to な adjectives..
=^..^=I’d always thought that the first was along the lines of DANGER as it might be on a sign, and the second as somebody telling or warning that something is dangerous. If I’m wrong somebody please correct me.
AnonymousMaybe since on’yomi readings are usually more formal than kun’yomi readings, perhaps きけん is more official? I don’t know.
Thanks guys. That does make me feel a bit more safe about how to use them!
My basic rule of thumb is: the more kanji in a word, the more serious the word is.
thisiskyle:
My basic rule of thumb is: the more kanji in a word, the more serious the word is.Wait? Really? Is that true?
If so that’s kind of cool.
hey: Wait? Really? Is that true?
If so that’s kind of cool.
in a sense, it’s kinda true. like 到着 and 着く both mean arrive (technically the former means arrival but can be paired with する to mean “to arrive”)
I think the same is also true with 危険 and 危ない
Alejandro:
I’d always thought that the first was along the lines of DANGER as it might be on a sign, and the second as somebody telling or warning that something is dangerous. If I’m wrong somebody please correct me.Exactly. a な-形容詞 is basically treated as a noun unless な is added as a suffix. い-形容詞 are generally treated as adjectives unless the さ suffix is added. So, in a sense 危険 is danger and 危ない is dangerous.
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