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怯 kanji
cowardice, wince, flinch, hesitate, waver
- JLPT level
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- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
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キョウコウ
Kun readings
ひるむおびえるおじるおびえるおそれる
Words with 怯
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N2卑怯Popularcowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky; dirty; dastardly
- —怯懦cowardly; spineless; weak-willed; fainthearted
- —怯弱coward
- —怯夫coward; timid man
- —卑怯者coward; chicken; yellow-belly; sneaky person; underhanded person; dastardly person
- —卑怯千万very mean (sneaky); extremely unsportsmanlike
- —卑怯な手を使うto play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play foul