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敢えて

あえて

adverbusually kana

Meanings

1dare (to do)
2venture (to do)
3challenge (to do)
4daringly (doing something)
5deliberately
6not necessarily
7not particularly
8not especially

Example sentence

私は危険を犯して敢えてソニーの株を５００株買った。

I went out on a limb and bought 500 shares of Sony stock.

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Kanji in this word

敢Daring, Brave, Bold12 strokes

More words with 敢

勇敢ゆうかん · braveryN1 果敢かかん · resolute 敢闘かんとう · fighting bravely 敢行かんこう · decisive action 勇猛果敢ゆうもうかかん · daring and resolute ; having dauntless courage

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