怯える
N1おびえる obieru
- to become frightened
- to have a nightmare
ichidan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
害怕;恐惧
Examples
- その音に赤ん坊はおびえた。The noise frightened the baby.婴儿被那个声音吓到了。
- 彼女はおびえた目で彼を見ていた。She stared at him with frightened eyes.她用惊恐的眼神看着他。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('a7833aaa2c'); // 怯える
{
"id": "a7833aaa2c",
"word": "怯える",
"reading": "おびえる",
"romaji": "obieru",
"meanings": [
"to become frightened",
"to have a nightmare"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"v1",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1236630,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "その音に赤ん坊はおびえた。",
"furigana": "その{音|おと}に{赤|あか}ん{坊|ぼう}はおびえた。",
"en": "The noise frightened the baby.",
"tatoeba_id": 212162
},
{
"ja": "彼女はおびえた目で彼を見ていた。",
"furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}はおびえた{目|め}で{彼|かれ}を{見|み}ていた。",
"en": "She stared at him with frightened eyes.",
"tatoeba_id": 93110
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "fea29750cf7b2a78a230632d88d42a506ba70e12a90af90e14bc5f45342f9075",
"meanings": [
"害怕",
"恐惧"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "その音に赤ん坊はおびえた。",
"zh": "婴儿被那个声音吓到了。"
},
{
"ja": "彼女はおびえた目で彼を見ていた。",
"zh": "她用惊恐的眼神看着他。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/a7833aaa2c",
"JMdict ent_seq 1236630; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "5c0e8d8990b5d430c6e93e352beafbbfcd51621adf5098b4c379028064fa977f",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}