Keyword
fear
Info
FrequencyTop 300-400
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig660
Readings
おそ
(51%)
(17%)
こわ
(3%)
Composed of
construction
mediocre
heart
Mnemonic

Walking into a building of mediocre construction quality will put fear into your heart. You never know when it'll collapse and crush you with it.

Used in vocabulary (130 in total)
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to fear; to be afraid of
Examples (200 in total)
That sight was seen, and I felt fear.
That boy showed no fear.
The girl trembled with fear.