無事かい, asking if the person is safe or the opposite?


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In this scene I was a little confused because he got attacked by a weird
looking figure like that literally just before this part, so I expect him to
be concerned about himself more than this weird thing. Is he asking "are you
safe" or "are you safe (for me to approach)"? I feel like it's the first one
but at the same time he would be really naive to say that in this context so
I'm unsure.

If it's not the second one, how would you say it instead if that's what you
meant?




_Safe_ in English somehow means both "unlikely to be harmed; not in danger"
and "unlikely to cause harm; not dangerous" depending on the context. The same
is true for 安全, and 彼は安全だ is ambiguous. However, 無事 in Japanese only means "to
be not in danger (any more)", and 彼は無事だ never means "He is not dangerous".
Likewise, "君、無事かい" only means "Are you all right?" or "Are you undamaged?"




_Safe_ in English somehow means both "unlikely to be harmed; not in danger"
and "unlikely to cause harm; not dangerous" depending on the context. The same
is true for 安全, and 彼は安全だ is ambiguous. However, 無事 in Japanese only means "to
be not in danger (any more)", and 彼は無事だ never means "He is not dangerous".
Likewise, "君、無事かい" only means "Are you all right?" or "Are you undamaged?"

