"恐ろしい" meaning in Japanese

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Adjective

IPA: [o̞so̞ɾo̞ɕii]
Etymology: Cognate with 恐(おそ)れる (osoreru, “to fear”). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|恐れる|おそれる|t=to fear}} 恐(おそ)れる (osoreru, “to fear”) Head templates: {{ja-adj|おそろしい|infl=i}} 恐(おそ)ろしい • (osoroshii) -i (adverbial 恐(おそ)ろしく (osoroshiku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=おそろし|lemma=恐ろし|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: 恐ろしい [canonical] (ruby: (おそ)), osoroshii [romanization], 恐ろしく [adverbial] (ruby: (おそ)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 恐ろしかろ [imperfective, stem], おそろしかろ [imperfective, stem], osoroshikaro [imperfective], 恐ろしく [continuative, stem], おそろしく [continuative, stem], osoroshiku [continuative], 恐ろしい [stem, terminative], おそろしい [stem, terminative], osoroshii [terminative], 恐ろしい [attributive, stem], おそろしい [attributive, stem], osoroshii [attributive], 恐ろしけれ [hypothetical, stem], おそろしけれ [hypothetical, stem], osoroshikere [hypothetical], 恐ろしかれ [imperative, stem], おそろしかれ [imperative, stem], osoroshikare [imperative], 恐ろしくない [informal, negative], おそろしくない [informal, negative], osoroshiku nai [informal, negative], 恐ろしかった [informal, past], おそろしかった [informal, past], osoroshikatta [informal, past], 恐ろしくなかった [informal, negative, past], おそろしくなかった [informal, negative, past], osoroshiku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 恐ろしいです [formal], おそろしいです [formal], osoroshii desu [formal], 恐ろしくないです [formal, negative], おそろしくないです [formal, negative], osoroshiku nai desu [formal, negative], 恐ろしかったです [formal, past], おそろしかったです [formal, past], osoroshikatta desu [formal, past], 恐ろしくなかったです [formal, negative, past], おそろしくなかったです [formal, negative, past], osoroshiku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 恐ろしくて [conjunctive], おそろしくて [conjunctive], osoroshikute [conjunctive], 恐ろしければ [conditional], おそろしければ [conditional], osoroshikereba [conditional], 恐ろしかったら [conditional, past], おそろしかったら [conditional, past], osoroshikattara [conditional, past], 恐ろしかろう [volitional], おそろしかろう [volitional], osoroshikarō [volitional], 恐ろしく [adverbial], おそろしく [adverbial], osoroshiku [adverbial], 恐ろしさ [noun-from-adj], おそろしさ [noun-from-adj], osoroshisa [noun-from-adj]
  1. terrible; horrible; dreadful; fierce; formidable
    Sense id: en-恐ろしい-ja-adj-btzInRzW
  2. tremendous
    Sense id: en-恐ろしい-ja-adj-hVVbe8Xm
  3. awesome
    Sense id: en-恐ろしい-ja-adj-cF2wYD~V Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 34 12 54 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 8 3 89 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 7 3 90 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 12 3 85 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 7 3 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 末恐ろしい (sueosoroshii) (ruby: 末恐(すえおそ))

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "sueosoroshii",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "末恐",
          "すえおそ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "末恐ろしい"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "恐れる",
        "2": "おそれる",
        "t": "to fear"
      },
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      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with 恐(おそ)れる (osoreru, “to fear”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "恐ろしい",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "恐",
          "おそ"
        ]
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    },
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      "form": "osoroshii",
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    },
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      "form": "恐ろしく",
      "roman": "osoroshiku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "恐",
          "おそ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshikaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshiku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしい",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "terminative"
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    },
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      "form": "おそろしい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshii",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshii",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshikere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshikare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshiku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshikatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshiku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshii desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshiku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshikatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshiku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshikute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshikereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshikattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshikarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshiku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshisa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "おそろしい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "恐(おそ)ろしい • (osoroshii) -i (adverbial 恐(おそ)ろしく (osoroshiku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "おそろし",
        "lemma": "恐ろし",
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        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "english": "a terrible traffic accident",
          "roman": "osoroshii kōtsūjiko",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "恐",
              "おそ"
            ],
            [
              "交通事故",
              "こうつうじこ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "恐ろしい交通事故"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "terrible; horrible; dreadful; fierce; formidable"
      ],
      "id": "en-恐ろしい-ja-adj-btzInRzW",
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        [
          "terrible",
          "terrible"
        ],
        [
          "horrible",
          "horrible"
        ],
        [
          "dreadful",
          "dreadful"
        ],
        [
          "fierce",
          "fierce"
        ],
        [
          "formidable",
          "formidable"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tremendous"
      ],
      "id": "en-恐ろしい-ja-adj-hVVbe8Xm",
      "links": [
        [
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          "tremendous"
        ]
      ]
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          "_dis": "8 3 89",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "awesome"
      ],
      "id": "en-恐ろしい-ja-adj-cF2wYD~V",
      "links": [
        [
          "awesome",
          "awesome"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞so̞ɾo̞ɕii]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "恐ろしい"
}
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      "form": "恐ろしい",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "恐ろしかろ",
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    {
      "form": "おそろしかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshikaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしく",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "おそろしく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshiku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshii",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshii",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshikere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshikare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshiku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshikatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshiku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshii desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshiku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshikatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshiku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshikute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshikereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshikattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshikarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshiku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "恐ろしさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おそろしさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "osoroshisa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "おそろしい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "恐(おそ)ろしい • (osoroshii) -i (adverbial 恐(おそ)ろしく (osoroshiku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "おそろし",
        "lemma": "恐ろし",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a terrible traffic accident",
          "roman": "osoroshii kōtsūjiko",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "恐",
              "おそ"
            ],
            [
              "交通事故",
              "こうつうじこ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "恐ろしい交通事故"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "terrible; horrible; dreadful; fierce; formidable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "terrible",
          "terrible"
        ],
        [
          "horrible",
          "horrible"
        ],
        [
          "dreadful",
          "dreadful"
        ],
        [
          "fierce",
          "fierce"
        ],
        [
          "formidable",
          "formidable"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tremendous"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tremendous",
          "tremendous"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "awesome"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "awesome",
          "awesome"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞so̞ɾo̞ɕii]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "恐ろしい"
}
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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "恐ろしい"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "恐ろしい",
  "trace": ""
}

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