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こわい^１ 怖い

〈恐ろしい〉 frightening; 《口語》 scary; fearful; dreadful; terrible; 〈ぞっとするような〉 bloodcurdling; hair‐raising; 〈恐れる〉⇒こわがる

怖い顔をする

look fierce [threatening]

scowl [glower] 《at》

怖い目にあう

be frightened 《by》

get [have] a fright

have a terrible [dreadful] experience

怖くなる

be [get, 【形式ばった表現】 become] frightened

【形式ばった表現】 be seized with fear

用例

何も怖いものはない. There's nothing to be afraid of. 私は雷が一番怖い. What I dread most is thunder. 彼は怖いということを知らない. He doesn't know the meaning of (the word) ‘fear.'｜He does not know what fear is. 怖い物見たさに彼はちょっとのぞいて見た. Curiosity overcame fear, and he had a peep at it. その崖の上から下をのぞいたら, 彼女は怖くなって口もきけなくなった. She was frightened speechless when she looked down from the top of the cliff.

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こわい^２ 強い

tough

hard

stiff

こわいご飯

hard boiled rice

用例

ご飯が少しこわい. The rice is boiled rather hard.

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怖い

読み方 こわい

形容詞相当語句

1

［主観的］（＝恐れる）to fear, be afraid of （thunder）; to be frightened at, be scared at （one's appearance）; to dread （earthquakes）; to be terrified at （a catastrophe）; to be horrified at （a disease）; to stand in awe of （a great man）

用例

あの犬が怖い
I fear that dog―I am afraid of that dog.

雷が怖いか
Are you afraid of the thunder?

僕は地震が怖い
I dread earthquakes.

親父が怖い
I stand in awe of my father.

火事は怖くない
I have no fear of fires.

何が一番に怖いか
What is your greatest dread?

地震が一番に怖い
Earthquakes are my greatest dread.

あんな奴なに怖いものか
Why should I fear him?

その男の様子が怖かった
I was frightened at his appearance.

実に怖かった
I had such a fright―had such a scare.

おー怖い
How dreadful!

怖くて震える
I tremble for fear.

怖くて縮まる
I shrink for fear.

怖くてものも言えなかった
I could not speak for very fear―（他動詞構文にすれば）―Fear deprived me of my power of speech.

彼らは怖いから命に従うのだ
The obey from fear.

罰が怖いから命に従うのだ
They obey for fear of punishment―for fear of being punished―lest they should be punished.

2

［客観的］（＝恐るべき）fearful （thunder）; frightful （face）; dreadful （monster）; terrible （earthquake）; horrible （disease）; awful （fate）; grim （face）; grisly （countenance）; uncanny （story）; weird （tale, etc.）

用例

怖い話
a fearful story―a dreadful story―an uncanny story―a weird tale

あの人は怖い話をする
He tells uncanny stories.

怖い顔をする
to look fierce

あの人は怖い顔している
He has a frightful face―a grim face―a grisly countenance.

怖い目に逢う、怖い思いをする
to have a dreadful experience―have a fright―get a horrid scare

地震で怖い思いをした
The earthquake gave me a dreadful experience―gave me a horrid scare.

ばかほど怖いものは無い
Nothing is more to be dreaded than a fool―A fool does not know what he is doing.

あの人に賞められると後が怖い
When he praises you to your face, he has some end in view―he has an axe to grind.

そんなことをすると後が怖いぞ
Such a step may be attended with serious consequences.

悟ってみれば死ぬのも怖くなくなる
Philosophy disarms death of its terrors.

怖いもの見たし
Terror has its attractions―“Forbidden fruit is sweet.”

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硬い

読み方 こわい

形容詞相当語句

Stiff; tough

用例

肉がこわい
The meat is tough.

靴が雨に当たってこわくなった
My boots have become stiff through exposure to the rain―（他動詞構文にすれば）―The rain has stiffened my boots.

浴衣の糊がこわい
The bath-gown is stiffly starched.

飯がこわい
The rice is dry.

JMdict

強い

読み方：こわい

(1)

（形容詞） tough; stiff; hard

(2)

inflexible; obstinate; stubborn

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怖い

読み方：こわい

恐い とも書く

(1)

（形容詞） scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

(2)

（感動詞） (I'm) afraid

日本語WordNet(英和)

こわい

【形容詞】

1 setose, setaceous, briery, prickly, burred, barbellate, bristly, bristled, briary, barbed, thorny, burry, spiny

持つか保護的な鉤、大羽根、背骨、刺または剛毛などで覆われます

(having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.)

a horse with a short bristly mane 短い剛毛のたてがみをもつ馬 bristly shrubs 剛毛の低木 burred fruits とげのある果実 setaceous whiskers 剛毛のほおひげ

2 waspish, prickly, splenetic, bristly

非常にいらいらする

(very irritable)

bristly exchanges between the White House and the press ホワイトハウスとプレスの間の攻撃的なやりとり he became prickly and spiteful 彼は、とげのある毒舌になった witty and waspish about his colleagues 彼の同僚に関して、気が利いて、意地悪い

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