JLPT N1 · Verb

怯える (obieru)

怯える (おびえる, obieru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to become frightened; to be frightened (of)”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
おびえる
Romaji
obieru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of) · ichidan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

その音に赤ん坊はおびえた。
The noise frightened the baby.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 怯える

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary怯えるおびえる obieru
Polite (~masu)怯えますおびえます obiemasu
Negative怯えないおびえない obienai
Polite negative怯えませんおびえません obiemasen
Past怯えたおびえた obieta
Polite past怯えましたおびえました obiemashita
Negative past怯えなかったおびえなかった obienakatta
Te-form怯えておびえて obiete
Potential怯えられるおびえられる obierareru
Passive怯えられるおびえられる obierareru
Causative怯えさせるおびえさせる obiesaseru
Volitional怯えようおびえよう obieyou
Imperative怯えろおびえろ obiero
Conditional (~ba)怯えればおびえれば obiereba

Kanji in 怯える

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 怯える.

Source: JMdict entry 1236630 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.