戦々恐々 (せんせんきょうきょう)trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
- trembling with fear; filled with trepidationadjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Kanji in 戦々恐々
- 戦War; Battle; MatchRead with its reading here · JLPT N3
- 恐Fear; Dread; AweRead with its reading here · JLPT N3
Words that share its kanji
- 戦争せんそうwar
- 戦後せんごpostwar period; period after Second World War
- 作戦さくせんtactics; strategy
- 停戦ていせんarmistice; ceasefire
- 冷戦れいせんcold war
- 回戦かいせんevent with ... rounds, innings, legs, etc.
- 戦略せんりゃくstrategy; tactics
- 戦闘せんとうbattle; fight
- 恐れおそれfear; horror
- 恐怖きょうふfear; dread
- 恐竜きょうりゅうdinosaur
- 恐喝きょうかつblackmail; extortion
- 恐らくおそらくperhaps; likely
- 恐れるおそれるto fear; to be afraid of
- 恐ろしいおそろしいterrible; dreadful
- 恐慌きょうこうpanic; scare
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