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あやうい is an exact match with one form of the following word:
危うい
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Reading : あやうい   
1. dangerous; risky; hazardous; perilous; precarious
2. in danger; in jeopardy; critical; grave; at risk
3. uncertain; unreliable; insecure; unsteady; doubtful
4. close (i.e. a close call); narrow
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 98,432 which gives a rank of 5,224
危うい is the most useful form. 2 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 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 83,000 (about 3,080,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 17907
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 14 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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Example sentences:
その
あや
うく
おぼ
れる
ところであった
The child was almost drowned.
てきたい
敵対
せいりょくかん
勢力間
わへい
和平
こうしょう
交渉
さいかい
再開
だけ
かんけい
関係
あや
うい

Relations are tenuous as peace talks resume between warring factions.
くんし
君子
あや
うき
ちかよ
近寄
らず

Keep out of harm's way.
危い
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Readings : あぶない    あやうい   
危い can be read in 2 ways: あぶない (almost always used), あやうい (rare).
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 26,000 (about 23,700,000 results)
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あやうい
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 218,000 (about 139,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 14 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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キ   あぶない dangerous   あやぶむ to be apprehensive of   あやうく barely, narrowly; almost   
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ヤク    unlucky   
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seal
cliff
corner
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