Words — 71 found
いかえこわ
行きはよいよい帰りは怖い
1. going there is easy but coming back is scaryProverb, from the Edo-period children's song "Tōryanse"
行きはよいよい帰りは怖い 【ゆきはよいよいかえりはこわい】
おぞけふ
怖気を振るう
1. to be horrified; to be filled with trepidation
おぞけを振るう 【おぞけをふるう】、怖気を振るう 【おじけをふるう】
めくらへびお
盲蛇に怖じず
1. fools rush in where angels fear to tread; the blind don't fear snakesSensitive, Proverb
へびかくなわお
蛇に噛まれて朽ち縄に怖じる
1. 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)Proverb
おぞけだ
怖気立つ
1. to be horrified; to be filled with trepidation; to shake with fright; to yield to terror
おぞけ立つ 【おぞけだつ】、怖気立つ 【おじけだつ】、怖じ気立つ 【おじけだつ】、怖気立つ 【こわけたつ】
おむしゃすすきほお
落ち武者は薄の穂に怖ず
1. when you are in a state of fear, the smallest thing will startle you; a fleeing soldier takes fright even from a head of silver grassProverb
きょうふ
恐怖にとらわれる
1. to be seized with fear; to be seized with panic
恐怖に囚われる 【きょうふにとらわれる】、恐怖に捕らわれる 【きょうふにとらわれる】、恐怖に捉われる 【きょうふにとらわれる】、恐怖に捕われる 【きょうふにとらわれる】
おそ
恐る