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
じ気立つおじきたつ
oji ki tatsu
to be horrified / to be filled with trepidation / to shake with fright / to yield to terror
に捕われるきょうふにとらわれる
kyoufu ni torawa reru
to be seized with fear / to be seized with panic
いもの見たさこわいものみたさ
kowai mono mita sa
rubbernecking / the thrill of looking at something scary or unpleasant and wanting to look at it all the more because it is scary or unpleasant
にとらわれるきょうふにとらわれる
kyoufu nitorawareru
to be seized with fear / to be seized with panic
に捕らわれるきょうふにとらわれる
kyoufu ni tora wareru
to be seized with fear / to be seized with panic
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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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