"怖がる" meaning in Japanese

See 怖がる in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ko̞ɰᵝa̠ɡa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
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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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "怖がる",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "怖",
          "こわ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowagaru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kofagaru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怖がり",
      "roman": "kowagari",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "怖",
          "こわ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怖がった",
      "roman": "kowagatta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "怖",
          "こわ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-ru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怖がら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわがら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowagara",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怖がり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわがり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowagari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怖がる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "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",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fear; to be afraid; to be scared (mostly used with the third person)"
      ],
      "id": "en-怖がる-ja-verb-qEBLMARR",
      "links": [
        [
          "fear",
          "fear"
        ],
        [
          "afraid",
          "afraid"
        ],
        [
          "scared",
          "scared"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "kowai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "怖",
              "こわ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "怖い"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "こわがる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞ɰᵝa̠ɡa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "怖がる"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "怖がる",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "怖",
          "こわ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowagaru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kofagaru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怖がり",
      "roman": "kowagari",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "怖",
          "こわ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怖がった",
      "roman": "kowagatta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "怖",
          "こわ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-ru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怖がら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわがら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowagara",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怖がり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわがり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowagari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怖がる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "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 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 with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
        "Japanese type 1 verbs",
        "Japanese verbs"
      ],
      "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": "[ko̞ɰᵝa̠ɡa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "怖がる"
}

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