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Learn Hardcore Japanese: kowagaru - to be afraid of

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 53
/kowagaru

kowagaru

Word

怖こわがるkowagaru

Meaning

to be afraid of

Part of speech

group 1, verb

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of kowagaru

妹いもうと　は　大おおきな　犬いぬ　を　怖こわがる　けれど、　小ちいさい　犬いぬ　なら　一緒いっしょ　に　遊あそびたがる。imouto wa ookina inu o kowagaru keredo, chiisai inu nara issho ni asobitagaru.

My younger sister is afraid of big dogs, but if it’s a small dog, she wants to play with it.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

その　女おんなの子こ　は　暗くらい　道みち　を　怖こわがって、　母はは　の　後うしろ　を　ずっと　歩あるいて　いた。sono onnanoko wa kurai michi o kowagatte, haha no ushiro o zutto aruite ita.

That girl was scared of the dark road and kept walking behind her mother.

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