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恐れる

おそれる

to fear, to apprehend

Mnemonic

The heart gripped from above, and what has hold of him is an examination he has not sat yet. Oh おそ, sore れる about it for weeks: おそれる.

Worth knowing

怖い こわい is being scared of a thing in front of you and 恐怖 きょうふ is the terror as a noun. 恐れる is the verb, fearing something that has not happened.

Built from

fear
心 a heart at the bottom with a pair of hands gripping something above it. The grip is the fear.

Words sharing these kanji

fear terrible, frightening probably (usually negative), I'm afraid ...

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