怖い
N4こわい kowai
- frightening
い-adjective
Chinese meanings
可怕的;害怕
Examples
- 私は怖かったよりもびっくりした。I was not so much scared as amazed.我与其说害怕,不如说吃惊。
- あいつにケチをつけると後が怖い。Anyone who criticizes him is asking for trouble.挑那家伙的毛病,后果会很可怕。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('a769e4c0da'); // 怖い
{
"id": "a769e4c0da",
"word": "怖い",
"reading": "こわい",
"romaji": "kowai",
"meanings": [
"frightening"
],
"level": "N4",
"pos": [
"adj-i"
],
"jmdict_id": 1593480,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "私は怖かったよりもびっくりした。",
"furigana": "{私|わたし}は{怖|こわ}かったよりもびっくりした。",
"en": "I was not so much scared as amazed.",
"tatoeba_id": 153050
},
{
"ja": "あいつにケチをつけると後が怖い。",
"furigana": "あいつにケチをつけると{後|あと}が{怖|こわ}い。",
"en": "Anyone who criticizes him is asking for trouble.",
"tatoeba_id": 234669
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "1f848cb56f1d65f23a6f217ab5dde49288b7c807c2b3e6e8efaa94a656663b63",
"meanings": [
"可怕的",
"害怕"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "私は怖かったよりもびっくりした。",
"zh": "我与其说害怕,不如说吃惊。"
},
{
"ja": "あいつにケチをつけると後が怖い。",
"zh": "挑那家伙的毛病,后果会很可怕。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n4/a769e4c0da",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "89364cf35659eee07f5187468f7c3d33757976ba460c8f708b41ce817eef71ce"
}
}