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JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

恐きょう怖ふ

kyoufu

fear, terror

Example sentences

少女しょうじょは恐怖きょうふで震ふるえた。
The girl trembled with fear.
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彼かれは恐怖きょうふにおびえた。
He was seized with fear.
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彼かれは恐怖きょうふで青あおざめた。
He turned pale with fear.
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Kanji in 恐怖

恐fear; dreadOnキョウKunおそれる・おそる・おそろしい
怖dreadful; be frightenedOnフ・ホKunこわい・こわがる・おじる

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