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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

怖こわい

N4
こわい kowai
  1. frightening
い-adjective

Chinese meanings

可怕的;害怕

Examples

  • 私わたしは怖こわ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あとが怖こわい。
    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"
  }
}