Keyword
scary
Info
FrequencyTop 300-400
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig670
Readings
こわ
(51%)
(43%)
おそ
(1%)
(1%)
おじ
(1%)
Composed of
weak heart
cloth
Mnemonic

Someone who has a weak heart (gets scared easily) will quickly hide under a piece of cloth when they see anything even remotely scary.

Used in vocabulary (83 in total)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
grim face; angry look
awe; fear; dread; fright
to fear; to be afraid of
cowardice; timidity; bashfulness
fear; dread; fright; willies
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
feeling of dread; awful feeling; sense of fear
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
foolhardy; reckless; fearless
phobia; morbid fear
curiosity of fear; urge to look at something frightening; wanting to take a peek at something unpleasant
politics of fear; terrorism; reign of terror (esp. in the French revolution)
to be scared
frightening; terrifying
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
anthropophobia; taijin kyofusho
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
to be horrified; to be filled with trepidation; to shake with fright; to yield to terror
to be seized with fear; to be seized with panic
foolhardy; reckless; fearless
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
to be afraid (of); to be frightened (of)
fear; dread; fright; willies
to be seized with fear; to be seized with panic
curiosity of fear; urge to look at something frightening; wanting to take a peek at something unpleasant
aichmophobia (fear of sharply pointed objects); belonephobia
to be horrified; to be filled with trepidation
nyctophobia; fear of the dark; scotophobia
going there is easy but coming back is hard
to be seized with fear; to be seized with panic
trypophobia (fear of irregular patterns or clusters of small holes)
haphephobia; aphephobia; haphophobia; hapnophobia; haptephobia; haptophobia
aichmophobia (fear of sharply pointed objects); belonephobia
bashfulness before strangers
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
claustrophobia; fear of confined spaces
showing no fear, even of God
erythrophobia; fear of blushing
going there is easy but coming back is hard
to be seized with fear; to be seized with panic
fools rush in where angels fear to tread; (lit.) the blind don't fear snakes
to be horrified; to be filled with trepidation; to shake with fright; to yield to terror
fear of having blank days (e.g. freelancer unable to find work); fear of not having anything planned
to be afraid of; to fear; to dread; to be nervous (about); to be shy (of)
scariest; most frightening
scary story; horror story
to be seized with fear; to be seized with panic
feelings of dread and aversion
hemophobia; haemophobia; blood phobia
dysmorphophobia; body dysmorphic disorder; cacophobia
fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line
fear; dread; fright; willies
coward; timid person
to fear; to be afraid
if everyone crosses against the red light together, there's nothing to be afraid of; there's no reason to feel guilty about doing something bad if everyone does it
olfactory reference syndrome; ORS; autodysomophobia; fear of having an unpleasant body odour
once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience; (lit.) to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)
once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience; (lit.) to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)
once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience; (lit.) to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)
when you are in a state of fear, the smallest thing will startle you; (lit.) a fleeing soldier takes fright even from a head of silver grass
Examples (200 in total)
I can see you're frightened.
Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you.
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you.