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恐ろしい is an exact match with one form of the following word:
恐ろしい
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Reading : おそろしい   
1. terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening; frightened
2. surprising; startling; tremendous; amazing  (often as 恐ろしく)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 3 (among the 3,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 133,293 which gives a rank of 1,803
恐ろしい is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 24,000 (about 27,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1097 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 12798
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 20 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
ほんとう
本当
せんそう
戦争
この
はなし
よりずっと
おそ
ろしい

The real war is much more horrible than this story.
そのにぎやかな
ひろば
広場
おそ
ろしい
こと
こった

Something horrible happened in the busy square.
なに
おそ
ろしい
ことデイヴィッドソンさん
こった
です
Something dreadful has happened to Miss Davidson.
おそろしい
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 105,000 (about 1,640,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 20 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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怖ろしい
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Reading : おそろしい   
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 74,000 (about 4,060,000 results)
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キョウ   おそれる to fear, be afraid of   おそろしい terrible, dreadful   
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ハン   ボン    simple, mediocre   
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キ    table   
dot   
コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
シン   こころ heart   
フ   こわ frightening   
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フ   ぬの cloth   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
キン   turban; cloth
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