- dreadful, be frightened, fearful

dreadful, be frightened, fearful

N3Secondary school#1325

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On'yomi (Chinese reading)

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

こわ.いこわ.がるお.じるおそ.れる

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Words using

怖がるこわがる

to be afraid (of); to fear; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of); to worry (about)

N5Godan verb (ru ending)
恐怖きょうふ

fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare; panic

N5Noun
恐怖症きょうふしょう

phobia; morbid fear

N5Noun
怖いこわい

scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

N5I-adjective
怖い顔こわいかお

grim face; angry look

N3Expression
赤信号皆で渡れば怖くないあかしんごうみんなでわたればこわくない

if everyone crosses against the red light together, there's nothing to be afraid of; there's no reason to feel guilty about doing something bad if everyone does it

N3Expression
広場恐怖症ひろばきょうふしょう

agoraphobia

N3Noun
特定の恐怖症とくていのきょうふしょう

specific phobia

N3Expression
怖気づくおじけづく

to become frightened; to get scared; to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to get cold feet; to chicken out; to have the wind up

N3Godan verb (ku ending)
恐怖感きょうふかん

feeling of dread; awful feeling; sense of fear

N3Noun
蛇に噛まれて朽ち縄に怖じるへびにかまれてくちなわにおじる

once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience; to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)

N3Expression
落ち武者は薄の穂に怖ずおちむしゃはすすきのほにおず

when you are in a state of fear, the smallest thing will startle you; a fleeing soldier takes fright even from a head of silver grass

N3Expression
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