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jmdict 1519830 Active (id: 2156134)
冒険 [ichi1,news1,nf08]
ぼうけん [ichi1,news1,nf08]
1. [n,vs,vi]
▶ adventure
▶ venture
2. [n,adj-na,vs,vi]
▶ venture which is unlikely to succeed
▶ risky attempt
▶ danger
▶ hazard
▶ risk

Conjugations


History:
5. A 2021-11-06 04:44:57  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
meikyo
  Diff:
@@ -18,0 +19 @@
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
@@ -25,0 +27 @@
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
4. A 2018-02-09 02:05:34  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2018-02-08 22:19:20  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daij chujiten
only daijr has two senses
daijr note: "〔venture, adventure の訳語として明治期から用
いられた語〕"
so originally I guess the nuance has been more of a "do 
something dangerous/stupid" and it's been sort of slowly 
moving towards the more positive connotations of the 
English "adventure"
  Comments:
Hard to split
  Diff:
@@ -20,0 +21,6 @@
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<pos>&adj-na;</pos>
+<pos>&vs;</pos>
+<gloss>venture which is unlikely to succeed</gloss>
@@ -21,0 +28,3 @@
+<gloss>danger</gloss>
+<gloss>hazard</gloss>
+<gloss>risk</gloss>
2. A 2018-02-08 01:01:10  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2018-02-08 00:50:56  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5, etc.
  Comments:
All the JEs lead with "adventure" and almost all 冒険XX compounds are "adventure XXX".
Also it's not "risk" in the abstract, it's a risky undertaking.
  Diff:
@@ -19 +19 @@
-<gloss>risk</gloss>
+<gloss>adventure</gloss>
@@ -21 +21 @@
-<gloss>adventure</gloss>
+<gloss>risky attempt</gloss>

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