Info on the Kanji 怖

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Meaning(s)

dreadful, be frightened, fearful

Reading(s)

onyomi FU
kunyomi kowa-i

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stroke count 8
grade s
jlpt level N3
Example words with 怖
WordMeaning

fu
frightening / terrifying
きょうふ
kyoufu
fear / dread / dismay / terror / horror / scare / panic
こわい
kowai
scary / frightening / eerie / dreadful / afraid
こわっ
kowatsu
scary!
おそる
osoru
to fear / to be afraid
おそれ
osore
fear / horror / anxiety / concern / uneasiness
ふき
fu ki
fear / dread / fright / willies
ふふ
fu fu
fearfully / timidly / cautiously / nervously
ふめん
fu men
hard-faced / aggressive / fierce look / frightening look
きょうふかん
kyoufukan
feeling of dread / awful feeling / sense of fear
きょうふしん
kyoufushin
fear / terror
にんおじ
nin oji
bashfulness before strangers
い顔こわいかお
kowai kao
grim face / angry look
がりこわがり
kowaga ri
coward / timid person
がるこわがる
kowaga ru
to be afraid of / to fear / to dread / to be nervous / to be shy
じけおじけ
oji ke
fear / dread / fright / willies / funk
じるおじる
oji ru
to be scared
じ気おじき
oji ki
fear / dread / fright / willies / funk
れるおそれる
osore ru
to fear / to be afraid of
ものおじじ
monooji ji
cowardice / timidity / bashfulness
映画きょうふえいが
kyoufueiga
horror film
政治きょうふせいじ
kyoufu seiji
politics of fear
物語きょうふものご
kyoufumono go
scary story / horror story
じけるおじける
oji keru
to be afraid / to be frightened
おずおず
ozu ozu
timidly / nervously / with nervous diffidence / trembling with fear
ろしいおそろしい
osoro shii
terrible / dreadful / terrifying / frightening / frightened / surprising / startling / tremendous / amazing
気立つふきたつ
fu ki tatsu
to be horrified / to be filled with trepidation / to shake with fright / to yield to terror
閉所恐へいところきょうふ
hei tokoro kyoufu
claustrophobia / fear of confined spaces
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Example Sentences with 怖
「実を言うと、俺、高所恐症なんだ。」 「臆病者っ!」

「寝てた?」「爆睡」「そ、そうか?」「なんかうなされてたよ。い夢でも見てた?」

若い男女が人里離れた洋館で恐の一夜を過ごすという、ホラーの定番スタイルだ。

ブレーカーが落ちて真っ暗闇になった時、赤ちゃんがくて泣きだしました。



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