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おそれる
Meanings
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
1. to fear; to be afraid of
Alt. forms
恐おそれる
84%
怖おそれる
7%
おそれる
5%
畏おそれる
2%
懼おそれる
惧おそれる
Pitch accent
お
それ
る
Top 23300
Conjugations...Used in: 400
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
to be afraid of making mistakes; to fear failing
to fear God
Examples (53 in total)
We are afraid.
But I wasn't afraid.
They were afraid of the teacher.
He is fearless of danger.
People are afraid of change.
Are you afraid of me?
People are afraid of war.
She is terrified of hospitals.
Don't be afraid of making mistakes.
Don't be afraid to make a mistake.
Don't be afraid of barking dogs.
They feared being overheard.
He is afraid of getting lung cancer.
He was afraid of being laughed at.
I'm not afraid of death.
I'm afraid that I might make you angry.
Don't be afraid to ask questions.
He is very afraid of dogs.
Never be afraid of making mistakes.
She is very much afraid of dogs.
Don't be afraid to try new things.
Don't be afraid of speaking in public.
He is afraid of becoming sick.
Tom has nothing to fear.
I don't fear death anymore.
I'm afraid it'll be a rainy day tomorrow.
I am afraid there will be trouble.
My father was clearly afraid of his illness.
There is nothing in this world that I am afraid of.
Why do you think animals dread fire?
The child was afraid of being left alone in the dark.
He is afraid of making mistakes.
He is even afraid of his own shadow.
She doesn't drive for fear of an accident.
I am not in the least afraid of his threats.
Shelters have been built in fear of war.
Country people are often afraid of strangers.
The rich and the poor are afraid of death.
They were afraid of the big dog.
Such was his courage that he feared nothing.
Don't be afraid of making mistakes when speaking English.
She hid herself for fear of meeting the man.
The officer seemed to be afraid of their revenge.
He doesn't want to leave the room because he's afraid that he'll catch another cold.
Man fears disasters such as floods and fires.
People who are afraid of making mistakes will make no progress in English conversation.
I dreaded his reply to my letter.
The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it.
Afraid of hurting his feelings, I didn't tell him the truth.
You must not be afraid of making mistakes when learning a language.
Older people are often afraid of trying new things.
We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
She locked her jewels in the safe for fear they might be stolen.