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9 word matches found for '怖' using reading 'お'
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Most common form: おずおず
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear  (often written with kana only)
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bashfulness before strangers
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to be scared
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noun
fear; dread; fright; willies; funk  (see also: 怖気; often written with kana only)
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expression
once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience; to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)
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cowardice; timidity; bashfulness
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expression, adverb
fearlessly
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to be afraid (of); to be frightened (of)
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expression
fools rush in where angels fear to tread  (sensitive; obscure term)
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