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

怯おびえる

N1
おびえる obieru
  1. to become frightened
  2. to have a nightmare
ichidan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

害怕;恐惧

Examples

  • その音おとに赤あかん坊ぼうはおびえた。
    The noise frightened the baby.
    婴儿被那个声音吓到了。
  • 彼かの女じょはおびえた目めで彼かれを見みていた。
    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"
  }
}