怖がり

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こわ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
恐がり

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) わが [kòwágáꜜrì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • (Tokyo) わがり [kòwágáríꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ɰᵝa̠ɡa̠ɾʲi]

Noun

(こわ)がり • (kowagari) 

  1. coward, timid person

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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