Illustration: In a neighborhood community hall, a large wolf puppet suddenly rises above a low puppet-theater curtain, jaws open and shaggy ears raised. A child in the front row recoils into a parent's side, shoulders lifted and fingers clutching the parent's sleeve.

JLPT N4i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

怖こわい

kowai

scary, frightening

Example sentences

  1. 死しぬのが怖こわい。

    I am afraid of dying.

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  2. 私わたしは地震じしんが怖こわい。

    I’m afraid of earthquakes.

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  3. 私わたしは犬いぬが恐こわい。

    I am afraid of dogs.

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Kanji in 怖

  • 怖dreadful; be frightenedOnフ・ホKunこわい・こわがる・おじる

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