Moto 怖: Dreadful; Be Frightened; FearfulKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- フ、ホ
- Kun'yomi
- こわ(い)、こわ(がる)、お(じる)、おそ(れる)
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 82 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (フ・ホ)
- 恐怖きょうふfear; dread
- 恐怖症きょうふしょうphobia; morbid fear
- 畏怖いふawe; fear
- イスラム恐怖症イスラムきょうふしょうIslamophobia
- クモ恐怖症クモきょうふしょうarachnophobia
- 不潔恐怖症ふけつきょうふしょうmysophobia; germophobia
- 先端恐怖症せんたんきょうふしょうaichmophobia (fear of sharply pointed objects); belonephobia
- 外国人恐怖症がいこくじんきょうふしょうxenophobia
- 女性恐怖症じょせいきょうふしょうgynophobia
- 対人恐怖症たいじんきょうふしょうanthropophobia; taijin kyofusho
- 尖端恐怖症せんたんきょうふしょうaichmophobia (fear of sharply pointed objects); belonephobia
- 広場恐怖症ひろばきょうふしょうagoraphobia
- 恐怖にとらわれるきょうふにとらわれるto be seized with fear; to be seized with panic
- 恐怖に囚われるきょうふにとらわれるto be seized with fear; to be seized with panic
- 恐怖に捉われるきょうふにとらわれるto be seized with fear; to be seized with panic
- 恐怖に捕らわれるきょうふにとらわれるto be seized with fear; to be seized with panic
- 恐怖に捕われるきょうふにとらわれるto be seized with fear; to be seized with panic
- 恐怖心きょうふしんfear; terror
- 恐怖感きょうふかんfeeling of dread; awful feeling
- 恐怖政治きょうふせいじpolitics of fear; terrorism
- 恐怖映画きょうふえいがhorror film
- 接触恐怖症せっしょくきょうふしょうhaphephobia; aphephobia
- 暗所恐怖症あんしょきょうふしょうnyctophobia; fear of the dark
- 死の恐怖しのきょうふfear of death
- 特定恐怖症とくていきょうふしょうspecific phobias
- 男性恐怖症だんせいきょうふしょうandrophobia
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 怖いこわいscary; frightening
- 怖がるこわがるto be afraid of; to fear
- 人怖じひとおじbashfulness before strangers
- 怖こわfrightening; terrifying
- 怖いもの知らずこわいものしらずfoolhardy; reckless
- 怖いもの見たさこわいものみたさcuriosity of fear; urge to look at something frightening
- 怖い物知らずこわいものしらずfoolhardy; reckless
- 怖い物見たさこわいものみたさcuriosity of fear; urge to look at something frightening
- 怖い顔こわいかおgrim face; angry look
- 怖がりこわがりcoward; timid person
- 怖じけるおじけるto be afraid (of); to be frightened (of)
- 怖じるおじるto be scared
- 怖じ気づくおじけづくto be seized with fear; to be intimidated
- 怖じ気付くおじけづくto be seized with fear; to be intimidated
- 怖ず怖ずおずおずtimidly; nervously
- 怖めず臆せずおめずおくせずfearlessly
- 怖るおそるto fear; to be afraid
- 怖れおそれfear; horror
- 怖れるおそれるto fear; to be afraid of
- 怖ろしいおそろしいterrible; dreadful
- 怖怖こわごわfearfully; timidly
- 物怖じものおじcowardice; timidity
Other readings
- 怖々こわごわfearfully; timidly
- 怖じけおぞけfear; dread
- 怖じ気おぞけfear; dread
- 怖じ気立つおぞけだつto be horrified; to be filled with trepidation
- 怖気おぞけfear; dread
- 怖気づくおじけづくto be seized with fear; to be intimidated
- 怖気を振るうおぞけをふるうto be horrified; to be filled with trepidation
- 怖気付くおじけづくto be seized with fear; to be intimidated
- 怖気立つおぞけだつto be horrified; to be filled with trepidation
- 怖面こわもてfierce look; frightening look
- 恐怖物語きょうふものがたりscary story; horror story
- 最怖さいきょうscariest; most frightening
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