冒す

Meaning

1. v5svt
   to brave; to risk; to face; to venture
2. v5svt
   to harm; to afflict; to affect
3. v5svt
   to desecrate; to profane
4. v5svt
   to assume (someone else's surname); to take

Example sentences

• それをするためには危険を冒さなければならない。

  In order to do that, you have to take risks.

• 彼女は命の危険を冒して溺れている子供を助けた。

  She saved the drowning child at the risk of her own life.

• 彼らは場所から場所へと動き回り、よく職業を変え、より多く離婚し、危険と思える経済的、社会的冒険を冒す。

  They move from place to place, often change jobs, divorce more frequently, and take economic and social risks which seem dangerous.