Yabai
Also read: ヤバい、ヤバイ
やばい (Yabai) is a Japanese i-adjective meaning “dangerous, risky, awful, terrible”.
Meanings
- i-adjectivedangerous; risky
- i-adjectiveawful; terrible; crap
- i-adjectiveterrific; amazing; cool
- i-adjectivecrazy; insane; not normal; unhinged; extreme
Examples
彼の計画はヤバイぞ。
I see a great danger in his plan.
ぼくはやばい橋は渡りたくない。
I don't want to do anything risky.
そういえば。やばい、秀樹に毒されてるわ。
Now that you mention it. Yeek, Hideki's habits are rubbing off on me!
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).