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As I know, Both words mean Dangerous. Japanese people use sometimes やばい, other
times 危ない. When should I use one over other?
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Usage of やばい and 危ない
Generally,「危ない」is physically dangerous, while 「やばい」 is mentally.
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While both,「危ない」and「やばい」mean dangerous, 「危ない」is more used in physical
situation (It's 危ない to go on the street at red light) and「やばい」is more like
"Because I didn't learn for the test it's really やばい". Also やばい is a really
common slang word for amazing, cool or awesome situations.
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「やばい」 commonly used meaning awesome by young people. やばい has many means.  
（例）  
この前見た映画、すごくやばかった。→great, amazing  
これはやばいエラーだ。→awful  
仕事の締め切りに間に合わなくてやばい。→dangerous  
(It depends on the situation.)  
  
Older people hate this 「やばい」usage.
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