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Conjugation of Japanese adjective 怖い - scary - kowai

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    怖い

    Reading

    こわい
    kowai

    Meaning

    is scary

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    怖くない

    Reading

    こわくない
    kowakunai

    Meaning

    is not scary

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    怖いです

    Reading

    こわいです
    kowaidesu

    Meaning

    is scary

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    怖くありません

    Reading

    こわくありません
    kowakuarimasen

    Meaning

    is not scary

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    怖かった

    Reading

    こわかった
    kowakatta

    Meaning

    was scary

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    怖くなかった

    Reading

    こわくなかった
    kowakunakatta

    Meaning

    was not scary

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    怖かったです

    Reading

    こわかったです
    kowakattadesu

    Meaning

    was scary

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    怖くありませんでした

    Reading

    こわくありませんでした
    kowakuarimasendeshita

    Meaning

    was not scary

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    怖くて

    Reading

    こわくて
    kowakute

    Meaning

    is scary, and...

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    怖くなくて

    Reading

    こわくなくて
    kowakunakute

    Meaning

    is not scary, and...

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    怖いだろう

    Reading

    こわいだろう
    kowaidarou

    Meaning

    will probably be scary

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    怖くないだろう

    Reading

    こわくないだろう
    kowakunaidarou

    Meaning

    probably won't be scary

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    怖いでしょう

    Reading

    こわいでしょう
    kowaideshou

    Meaning

    will probably be scary

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    怖くないでしょう

    Reading

    こわくないでしょう
    kowakunaideshou

    Meaning

    probably won't be scary

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    怖く

    Reading

    こわく
    kowaku

    Meaning

    in a scary way

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    怖ければ

    Reading

    こわければ
    kowakereba

    Meaning

    if it is scary

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    怖くなければ

    Reading

    こわくなければ
    kowakunakereba

    Meaning

    if it is not scary

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    怖かったら

    Reading

    こわかったら
    kowakattara

    Meaning

    if it was scary

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    怖くなかったら

    Reading

    こわくなかったら
    kowakunakattara

    Meaning

    if it was not scary

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    怖さ

    Reading

    こわさ
    kowasa

    Meaning

    scary-ness (or the quality of being scary)

Word Detail

    word

    怖い

    Meaning

    Scary

Kanji in this Adjective

  • kanji

    怖

    Meaning

    Fearful, Dreadful

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