Illustration: Inside a haunted-house attraction at a Japanese amusement park, an enormous mechanical creature leans out from a dark recess, its jaws open and clawed hands extended over the visitor path. Uneven teeth, a deeply furrowed face and its looming posture make the figure threatening.

JLPT N3i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

恐おそろしい

osoroshii

terrible, frightening

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは恐おそろしい夢ゆめを見みた。

    I had a terrible dream.

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  2. それは恐おそろしい事件じけんだ。

    It’s a terrible affair.

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  3. 原子爆弾げんしばくだんは恐おそろしい武器ぶきだ。

    An A-bomb is a terrible weapon.

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Kanji in 恐

  • 恐fear; dreadOnキョウKunおそれる・おそる・おそろしい

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