Illustration: On a Japanese residential pavement, a small child crouches behind a parent's legs after a large dog growls from inside a securely fenced garden. The child's shoulders are raised, knees drawn together, and both hands clutch the parent's trouser fabric.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

怯おびえる

obieru

to be frightened

Example sentences

  1. その音おとに赤あかん坊ぼうはおびえた。

    The noise frightened the baby.

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  2. 私わたしは少すこしおびえた。

    I felt a little scared.

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  3. 彼かれは恐怖きょうふにおびえた。

    He was seized with fear.

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Kanji in 怯

  • 怯cowardice; winceOnキョウ・コウKunひるむ・おびえる・おびえる

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