恐ろしい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
おそ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
恐しい

Etymology

Cognate with (おそ)れる (osoreru, to fear).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「恐ろしい
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 恐ろしく そろしく
そろし

Terminal (終止形) 恐ろしい そろし
Attributive (連体形) 恐ろしい そろし
Key constructions
Informal negative 恐ろしくない そろしくない
そろしくない

Informal past 恐ろしかった そろしかった
そろしかった

Informal negative past 恐ろしくなかった そろしくなかった
そろしくなかった

Formal 恐ろしいです そろしいです
Conjunctive 恐ろしくて そろしくて
そろしくて

Conditional 恐ろしければ そろしければ
そろしければ

Adjective

(おそ)ろしい (osoroshii-i (adverbial (おそ)ろしく (osoroshiku))

  1. frightening; horrific; terrible; horrible; dreadful; fierce; formidable
    (おそ)ろしい交通事故(こうつうじこ)
    osoroshii kōtsūjiko
    a terrible traffic accident
  2. tremendous
  3. awesome

Inflection

Derived terms

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.