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risk” Kanjiokasu / bō

JLPT N3

How to write

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Meaning and readings

Meaning

risk, face, defy, dare, damage, assume (a name)

Onyomi (音読み)

  • ぼう

Chinese reading

Kunyomi (訓読み)

  • おか(す) oka(su)

Japanese reading

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