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ヤバい is an exact match with one form of the following word:
やばい
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1. dangerous; risky  (colloquialism)
2. awful; terrible; crap  (slang)
3. terrific; amazing; cool  (slang)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 4 (among the 5,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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やばい is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 13,000 (about 51,100,000 results)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 2855
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Example sentences:
ぼくやばい
はし
わた
りたくない

I don't want to do anything risky.
けいさつ
警察
それやばい
しなもの
品物
ってた

The police knew it was a hot item.
そういえばやばい
ひでき
秀樹
どく
されてる
Now that you mention it. Yeek, Hideki's habits are rubbing off on me!
ヤバイ
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• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 14,000 (about 50,600,000 results)
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ヤバい
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• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 20,000 (about 31,500,000 results)
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ヤべえ
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Reading : やべえ   
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