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
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
to be in danger of; to be liable to
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
awesome; incredible
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
feeling of dread; awful feeling; sense of fear
to tremble with fear
having vague fears; feeling alarmed; feeling gloomy (about the future); feeling apprehension
frightening (of the future); worrying; scary; ominous; portentous
phobia; morbid fear
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
to be afraid of making mistakes; to fear failing
Sorry to impose but ...; Excuse me but ...
politics of fear; terrorism; reign of terror (esp. in the French revolution)
anthropophobia; taijin kyofusho
showing no fear, even of God
being struck with awe
fearless; daring; knowing no fear
to tremble with fear
having vague fears; feeling alarmed; feeling gloomy (about the future); feeling apprehension
to be seized with fear; to be seized with panic
scariest; most frightening
to find oneself fearful; to have an awful time
hen-pecked husband
respect (epistolary usage)
to be seized with fear; to be seized with panic
worldwide financial crisis; global depression
courageously; fearlessly; defiantly; boldly
aichmophobia (fear of sharply pointed objects); belonephobia
frightening; terrifying
(the crime of) extortion
nyctophobia; fear of the dark; scotophobia
coward; timid person
financial panic; economic crisis; economic crash
submission to one's wife
curiosity of fear; urge to look at something frightening; wanting to take a peek at something unpleasant
moa (extinct, flightless bird formerly found in New Zealand)
Very truly yours (a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style)
financial panic; financial crisis
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
attempted extortion; extortion attempt
aichmophobia (fear of sharply pointed objects); belonephobia
post-World War I depression; depression of 1920-1921
curiosity of fear; urge to look at something frightening; wanting to take a peek at something unpleasant
taking another's opinion into consideration
being struck with awe; deeply moved with awe
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
to chuckle with delight; to congratulate oneself
fear; dread; fright
Shōwa Depression (Japanese part of the Great Depression)
(impalpable sense of) fright or horror
fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line
claustrophobia; fear of confined spaces
erythrophobia; fear of blushing
to be seized with fear; to be seized with panic
to be afraid of; to fear; to dread; to be nervous (about); to be shy (of)
fear; dread; fright
intimidation; threat
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; being sorry; being ashamed
Very truly yours (a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style)
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
fear of having blank days (e.g. freelancer unable to find work); fear of not having anything planned
Very truly yours (a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style)
respect (epistolary usage)
scary story; horror story
to be seized with fear; to be seized with panic
hemophobia; haemophobia; blood phobia
dysmorphophobia; body dysmorphic disorder; cacophobia
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
fear; dread; fright; willies
to fear; to be afraid
(impalpable sense of) fright or horror
scary Russia; menacing Russia; dangerous Russia
Very truly yours (a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style)
deferential treatment (out of fear)
stabilization crisis; stabilisation crisis
Dinocerata; extinct order of hoofed mammals
olfactory reference syndrome; ORS; autodysomophobia; fear of having an unpleasant body odour
(lit.) a starved dog does not fear the rod
Examples (200 in total)
That sight was seen, and I felt fear.
That boy showed no fear.
The girl trembled with fear.