怖がる

Kana: こわがる

to fear; to be afraid

Example sentence

子供は暗い所を怖がるものです。

こどもはくらいところをこわがるものです。

Children tend to be afraid of dark places.

What 怖がる means

怖がる (こわがる) is a Japanese word meaning “to fear; to be afraid”. It belongs to the Actions & Verbs topic and appears at Level 3, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.

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