Japanese

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Kanji in this term
こわ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
恐がる

Etymology

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Compound of (kowa, scary) +‎ がる (-garu, to act like)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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(こわ)がる (kowagaruこはがる (kofagaru)?intransitive godan (stem (こわ)がり (kowagari), past (こわ)がった (kowagatta))

  1. to fear; to be afraid; to be scared (mostly used with the third person)

Conjugation

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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