こわ
Meanings
Adjective (い)
1. scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
Pitch accent
Top 4700
Used in vocabulary (7 in total)
grim face; angry look
foolhardy; reckless; fearless
curiosity of fear; urge to look at something frightening; wanting to take a peek at something unpleasant
Examples (93 in total)
Are you scared to be alone?
What are you afraid of?
Are you still scared?
Don't be afraid. It's just me.
Don't be afraid to fail.
I'm afraid of war.
Are you afraid of bugs?
The children are scared.
I'm afraid of spiders.
Are you afraid of rats?
I'm afraid of wolves.
I'm scared of bats.
Are you afraid of spiders?
Roller coasters are scary.
I am afraid of dying.
Are you afraid to go home?
That is too scary.
You have no reason to be afraid.
Are you afraid of heights?
They were afraid of you.
I'm afraid to drink it.
Don't scare the girls.
This is rather frightening.
I'm afraid to fall.
What are you so afraid of?
He is afraid of his father.
I'm afraid of losing you.
He's afraid of the sea.
I'm afraid of death.
Don't be afraid, I'm here.
I am afraid to go.
You're afraid of him, aren't you?
I can see you're frightened.
She is afraid of cats.
I'm no longer afraid of dogs.
That doll is scary.
He is afraid of snakes.
I'm afraid of bears.
He was afraid of his wife.
I'm afraid to go alone.
He is afraid of his grandfather.
I'm afraid of earthquakes.
On the way back, I was very scared.
He was afraid of the dark.
I'm very afraid of snakes.
Tom is afraid of ghosts, isn't he?
I'm scared of dentists.
Nancy is afraid of dogs.
Don't be afraid of seeing the doctor.
Typhoid is a scary disease.
He began to feel afraid.
Why is everybody scared of me?
Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you.
The child was scared to get into the water.
Don't say scary things with a smile.
There's nothing to be afraid of anymore.
It's still a little scary.
Are you still afraid of the dark?
He is very afraid of his mother.
He is especially frightened of dogs.
The girls were not afraid, but the boys were.
It's normal. There's nothing to be scared of.
My dog is afraid of thunder.
No, I'm not afraid of ghosts.
I can't climb that. I'm scared of heights.
I was not so much scared as amazed.
If you have a lot of money, you will become afraid.
I'm afraid of wild animals.
Alice was frightened of her strict mother.
I'd like to ride the cable car, but I'm afraid of heights.
There's nothing to be afraid of.
That child has no fear of water.
The stories in this book are really scary.
The soldier was not in the least afraid to die.
He might look scary, but he's really nice.
My little brother says that he had a dreadful dream last night.
The girl was afraid to jump down from the roof.
He is scared of flying on an airplane.
The animals were scared by the thunder.
Small children are afraid of being left alone in the dark.
I spoke to him kindly so as not to frighten him.
She is on a diet for fear that she will put on weight.
You don't need to be afraid of making mistakes.
The movie I watched last night was really scary.
It was a scary movie. I think I'll have nightmares about it tonight.
She turned away in horror at the sight of blood.
I've never heard of such a frightening story before.
In contrast to his frightening looks, his voice was kind and calm.
That horror movie was very scary and I couldn't sleep after watching it.
They were so frightened that they couldn't move an inch.
My elder sister is afraid of all doctors.
I'm afraid of your father.
"Ahh! What was that, Mommy?" "Don't be scared. It's just the wind."