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Sentence

That movie is really scary, so I decided not to watch it alone at night.

Related words

恐こわい

Hiragana
こわい
Kanji
怖い
Adjective
alt-of alternative

Alternative spelling of 怖い (“scary; scared”)

That movie is really scary, so I decided not to watch it alone at night.

Word Forms

The basic and commonly used forms of this adjective.

Basic forms
Form Word form Usage
Imperfective form (mizenkei)
Alternative: 怖かろ
Used in forms such as karou; mainly literary.
Continuative form (renyokei)
Alternative: 恐かっ 怖く 怖かっ
Used in forms such as kute and kunai.
Conclusive form (shushikei)
Alternative: 怖い
Ends a sentence.
Attributive form (rentaikei)
Alternative: 怖い
Modifies a noun.
Conditional form (kateikei)
Alternative: 怖けれ
Expresses a condition with kereba.
Imperative form (meireikei)
Alternative: 怖かれ
Rarely used in modern Japanese.
Common forms
Form Word form Usage
Te-form
Alternative: 怖くて
Connects clauses with kute.
Ta-form
Alternative: 怖かった
Expresses the past with katta.
Nai-form
Alternative: 怖くない
Expresses negation with kunai.
Ba-form
Alternative: 怖ければ
Expresses a condition with kereba.
Notes
  • 「怖い」の異表記。
  • 現代語では命令形「恐かれ」は稀。

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