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JLPT N3 dreadful

📖 English Meaning

fright, horror, dread

Pronunciation
Hiragana:
おそれ こわ ふ
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Romaji:
osore kowa fu
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On'yomi:
Kun'yomi:
こわ(い) <外>おそ(れる)、お(じける)
Character Meanings
terror, fear; frighten; terrified
Radical
心 忄 㣺
こころ・りっしんべん・したごころ
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Compound Words with 怖
怖々 おじおじ
怖い こわい
怖がる こわがる
怖く こわく、おじく
怖け おじけ
怖ける おじける
怖げ立つ こわげだつ
怖し こわし
Related Words
怖々 fearfully, bashfully, gingerly
怖い afraid, scared, awful, chilling
怖がり coward
怖がる fear

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