綱渡り|つなわたりtsunawatari[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbtightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism
    彼女かのじょは網あみを張はらないで綱渡つなわたりに挑いどんだ。↗
    She dared to walk the tightrope without a net.
  2. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbtreading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
Conjugation
Dictionary form綱渡りする(つなわたりする)
Polite (masu)綱渡りします(つなわたりします)
Negative (nai)綱渡りしない(つなわたりしない)
polite (masen)綱渡りしません(つなわたりしません)
classical zu / nu綱渡りせず・綱渡りせぬ(つなわたりせず・つなわたりせぬ)
Past (ta)綱渡りした(つなわたりした)
polite (mashita)綱渡りしました(つなわたりしました)
Past negative (nakatta)綱渡りしなかった(つなわたりしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)綱渡りしませんでした(つなわたりしませんでした)
Te form綱渡りして(つなわたりして)
Potential綱渡りできる(つなわたりできる)
Passive綱渡りされる(つなわたりされる)
Causative綱渡りさせる(つなわたりさせる)
Causative passive綱渡りさせられる(つなわたりさせられる)
Conditional (ba)綱渡りすれば(つなわたりすれば)
tara綱渡りしたら(つなわたりしたら)
Volitional綱渡りしよう(つなわたりしよう)
polite (mashou)綱渡りしましょう(つなわたりしましょう)
Imperative綱渡りしろ(つなわたりしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related冒険ぼうけんNeutralDeliberately taking on a known danger, often with a positive, thrilling feel; 「綱渡り」 instead describes a precarious situation where one slip means failure.
  • Related賭けるかけるNeutralA verb for betting or staking something important on a risk; 「綱渡り」 describes a dangerous situation barely kept under control.
  • Antonym安全あんぜんNeutralAntonym: freedom from danger and worry; the opposite of 「綱渡り」, which suggests walking on thin ice.
  • Antonym安定あんていNeutralAntonym: stability with no major ups and downs; contrasts with 「綱渡り」, which could lose balance at any moment.

Use 「綱渡り」 for a situation barely held together where the slightest misstep brings failure, as in 「綱渡りの経営」; use 「冒険」 for actively taking a risk. 「賭ける」 is a verb for staking something on an outcome; 「安全」 and 「安定」 are its opposites.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 高たかく空中くうちゅうに渡わたした綱つなを渡わたること。また、その際さいに行おこなう曲芸きょくげい。
  2. 危険きけんが及およぶような行動こうどう。
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