恐しい

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
おそ(ろ)
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Adjective[edit]

(おそろ)しい (osoroshii-i (adverbial (おそろ)しく (osoroshiku))

  1. Alternative spelling of 恐ろしい
    • 190506, Natsume Sōseki, I Am a Cat (text here) (I am a Cat):
      しかしその当時(とうじ)(なん)という(かんがえ)もなかったから別段恐(べつだんおそろ)しいとも(おも)わなかった。
      Shikashi sono tōji wa nan to iu kangae mo nakatta kara betsudan osoroshii to mo omowanakatta.
      Yet at the time I didn't think about it enough to become at all frightened by it.
    • 1918, 芥川龍之介 (Ryūnosuke Akutagawa), 蜘蛛の糸 ("The Spider's Thread"):
      犍陀多(けんただ)はこれを()ると、(おどろ)いたのと(おそろ)しいのとで、しばらくはただ、莫迦(ばか)のように(おお)きな(くち)(ひら)いたまま、()ばかり(うご)かして()りました。
      Kentada wa kore o miru to, odoroita no to osoroshī no to de, shibaraku wa tada, baka no yō ni ōki na kuchi o hiraita mama, me bakari ugokashite orimashita.
      For a while, Kendata, struck dumb with amazement and fear, could only stare open-mouthed at the scene.