危惧

See also: 危懼

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 危惧 – see 危懼 (“to be apprehensive; to fear”). (This term is the simplified form of 危懼).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
危	惧
き Grade: 6	ぐ Grade: S
kan'yōon	goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きぐ [kíꜜgù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [kʲiɡɯ̟]

Noun

危(き)惧(ぐ) • (kigu) 

1. misgivings, unease, apprehension

Synonyms

• 危(き)懼(ぐ) (kigu) (archaic)

Verb

危(き)惧(ぐ)する • (kigu suru) transitive suru (stem 危(き)惧(ぐ)し (kigu shi), past 危(き)惧(ぐ)した (kigu shita))

1. have misgivings, be apprehensive, fear, be concerned, feel uneasy

Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	危惧し	きぐし	kigu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	危惧し	きぐし	kigu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	危惧する	きぐする	kigu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	危惧する	きぐする	kigu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	危惧すれ	きぐすれ	kigu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	危惧せよ¹ 危惧しろ²	きぐせよ¹ きぐしろ²	kigu seyo¹ kigu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	危惧される	きぐされる	kigu sareru
Causative	危惧させる 危惧さす	きぐさせる きぐさす	kigu saseru kigu sasu
Potential	危惧できる	きぐできる	kigu dekiru
Volitional	危惧しよう	きぐしよう	kigu shiyō
Negative	危惧しない	きぐしない	kigu shinai
Negative continuative	危惧せず	きぐせず	kigu sezu
Formal	危惧します	きぐします	kigu shimasu
Perfective	危惧した	きぐした	kigu shita
Conjunctive	危惧して	きぐして	kigu shite
Hypothetical conditional	危惧すれば	きぐすれば	kigu sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Conjugation of "危惧する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

References

1. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN