怖がる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
怖
こわ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
恐がる

Etymology

Compound of 怖 (kowa, “scary”) +‎ がる (-garu, “to act like”)

Pronunciation

Verb

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))

  1. to fear; to be afraid; to be scared (mostly used with the third person)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "怖がる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 怖がら こわがら kowagara
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 怖がり こわがり kowagari
Shūshikei ("terminal") 怖がる こわがる kowagaru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 怖がる こわがる kowagaru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 怖がれ こわがれ kowagare
Meireikei ("imperative") 怖がれ こわがれ kowagare
Key constructions
Passive 怖がられる こわがられる kowagarareru
Causative 怖がらせる
怖がらす 		こわがらせる
こわがらす 		kowagaraseru
kowagarasu
Potential 怖がれる こわがれる kowagareru
Volitional 怖がろう こわがろう kowagarō
Negative 怖がらない こわがらない kowagaranai
Negative continuative 怖がらず こわがらず kowagarazu
Formal 怖がります こわがります kowagarimasu
Perfective 怖がった こわがった kowagatta
Conjunctive 怖がって こわがって kowagatte
Hypothetical conditional 怖がれば こわがれば kowagareba

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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