怖がる

Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) わが [kòwágáꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞β̞a̠ɡa̠ɾɯ̟]

Verb

(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

See also

References

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