恐ろしい

Japanese

Kanji in this term
おそ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Adjective

恐ろしい (-i inflection, hiragana おそろしい, rōmaji osoroshii)

  1. terrible; horrible; dreadful; fierce; formidable
     (おそ)ろしい (こう) (つう) () ()
    osoroshii kōtsūjiko
    a terrible traffic accident
  2. tremendous
  3. awesome

Inflection

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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