"怖がる" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Japanese]

IPA: [ko̞β̞a̠ɡa̠ɾɯ̟]
Etymology: Compound of 怖 (kowa, “scary”) + がる (-garu, “to act like”) Etymology templates: {{suf|ja|怖|がる|t1=scary|t2=to act like|tr1=kowa|tr2=garu}} 怖 (kowa, “scary”) + がる (-garu, “to act like”) Head templates: {{ja-verb|こわがる|hhira=こはがる|tr=intrans|type=1}} 怖(こわ)がる • (kowagaru) ^(←こはがる (kofagaru)?)intransitive godan (stem 怖(こわ)がり (kowagari), past 怖(こわ)がった (kowagatta)) Forms: 怖がる [canonical] (ruby: (こわ)), kowagaru [romanization], kofagaru [romanization], 怖がり [stem] (ruby: (こわ)), 怖がった [past] (ruby: (こわ)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 怖がら [error-unrecognized-form], こわがら [error-unrecognized-form], kowagara [error-unrecognized-form], 怖がり [error-unrecognized-form], こわがり [error-unrecognized-form], kowagari [error-unrecognized-form], 怖がる [error-unrecognized-form], こわがる [error-unrecognized-form], kowagaru [error-unrecognized-form], 怖がれ [error-unrecognized-form], こわがれ [error-unrecognized-form], kowagare [error-unrecognized-form], 怖がられる [passive], こわがられる [passive], kowagarareru [passive], 怖がらせる [causative], 怖がらす [causative], こわがらせる [causative], こわがらす [causative], kowagaraseru [causative], kowagarasu [causative], 怖がれる [potential], こわがれる [potential], kowagareru [potential], 怖がろう [volitional], こわがろう [volitional], kowagarō [volitional], 怖がらない [negative], こわがらない [negative], kowagaranai [negative], 怖がらず [continuative, negative], こわがらず [continuative, negative], kowagarazu [continuative, negative], 怖がります [formal], こわがります [formal], kowagarimasu [formal], 怖がった [perfective], こわがった [perfective], kowagatta [perfective], 怖がって [conjunctive], こわがって [conjunctive], kowagatte [conjunctive], 怖がれば [conditional, hypothetical], こわがれば [conditional, hypothetical], kowagareba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to fear; to be afraid; to be scared (mostly used with the third person) Related terms: 怖い (kowai) (ruby: (こわ))
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  "etymology_text": "Compound of 怖 (kowa, “scary”) + がる (-garu, “to act like”)",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "ja-go-ru",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "怖がら",
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      "form": "こわがら",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "kowagara",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "kowagaru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怖がれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわがれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowagare",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "怖がられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "こわがられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "kowagarareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "passive"
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      "form": "怖がらせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "causative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "怖がらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわがらせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわがらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowagaraseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowagarasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怖がれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわがれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowagareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
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    },
    {
      "form": "怖がろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "こわがろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
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      "form": "kowagarō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怖がらない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわがらない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
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      "form": "kowagaranai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "怖がらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわがらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowagarazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怖がります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわがります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowagarimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怖がった",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "こわがった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "form": "kowagatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怖がって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわがって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "kowagatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怖がれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわがれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "kowagareba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "ja",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
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            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
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          "kind": "other",
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        "to fear; to be afraid; to be scared (mostly used with the third person)"
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        [
          "fear",
          "fear"
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          "afraid",
          "afraid"
        ],
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          "scared",
          "scared"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "roman": "kowai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "怖",
              "こわ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "怖い"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "こわがる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞β̞a̠ɡa̠ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "怖がる"
}
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  "etymology_text": "Compound of 怖 (kowa, “scary”) + がる (-garu, “to act like”)",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "怖がら",
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      "form": "こわがら",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "kowagara",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怖がり",
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      "form": "こわがり",
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      "form": "kowagari",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "怖がる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "こわがる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowagaru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怖がれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわがれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowagare",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怖がられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "こわがられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowagarareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怖がらせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怖がらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわがらせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわがらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowagaraseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowagarasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怖がれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわがれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowagareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怖がろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわがろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowagarō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怖がらない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわがらない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowagaranai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怖がらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわがらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowagarazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怖がります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわがります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowagarimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怖がった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわがった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowagatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怖がって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわがって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowagatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怖がれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわがれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowagareba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "こわがる",
        "hhira": "こはがる",
        "tr": "intrans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "怖(こわ)がる • (kowagaru) ^(←こはがる (kofagaru)?)intransitive godan (stem 怖(こわ)がり (kowagari), past 怖(こわ)がった (kowagatta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "kowai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "怖",
          "こわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "怖い"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese godan verbs",
        "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru",
        "Japanese intransitive verbs",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
        "Japanese terms suffixed with がる",
        "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fear; to be afraid; to be scared (mostly used with the third person)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fear",
          "fear"
        ],
        [
          "afraid",
          "afraid"
        ],
        [
          "scared",
          "scared"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "こわがる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞β̞a̠ɡa̠ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "怖がる"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 怖がる meaning in All languages combined (5.6kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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