あぶながる

危ながる
to be afraid of
to feel uneasy about
to shrink from

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あぶながる【危ながる】

〔おそれる〕 be afraid 《of…》; be apprehensive 《about…, 《文》 of…》; feel uneasy 《about…》; shrink 《from…》; hesitate 《to do》; 〔疑わしく思う〕 doubt; have one's doubts 《about…》.

●人の危ながることをする attempt things other people shrink from (doing [trying]).

●彼女は危ながってその池には決して近づかない. She is scared of the pond, and never goes near it. | She is too afraid [frightened] ever to go near the pond.

・この問題には危ながってだれも触れようとしない. The problem [issue] is a very tricky [awkward] one, and nobody wants to have anything to do with it [get involved].