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恐怖 (きょうふ): fear, terror — Japanese vocabulary

恐怖 is read きょうふ and means "fear, terror". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

恐怖

Reading
きょうふ · kyoufu
Translation
fear, terror
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
きょうふがきょうふが

Example

暗い夜に恐怖を感じます。

くらいよるにきょうふをかんじます。

I feel fear on dark nights.

Kanji in this word

  • 恐 — fear, afraid
  • 怖 — scary, afraid

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