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恐 kanji
fear, dread, awe
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Secondary school
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Kun readings
おそれるおそるおそろしいこわいこわがる
Words with 恐
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3恐怖Popularfear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare; panic
- N2恐縮Popularfeeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; being thankful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); feeling embarrassed (e.g. by someone's compliments, hospitality, etc.); shrinking back in fear
- —恐喝Popularblackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
- —恐慌Popularpanic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
- —恐竜Populardinosaur
- —恐怖症Popularphobia; morbid fear
- —恐懼being struck with awe
- —恐嚇intimidation; threat
- —恐々fearfully; timidly; nervously
- —恐悦delight
- —恐察taking another's opinion into consideration
- —恐妻submission to one's wife
- —恐鳥moa (extinct, flightless bird formerly found in New Zealand)
- —恐悚shrinking back in fear; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling embarrassed (e.g. by a compliment); feeling ashamed; feeling (much) obliged
- —最恐scariest; most frightening
- —恐惶fear; dread; consternation; respectfully; yours sincerely
- —恐妻家hen-pecked husband
- —恐妻病wife-phobia
- —恐水病hydrophobia; rabies
- —恐怖心fear; terror