怖気おぞけ

• 怖気立おぞけだつ

  be horrified; shake with fright; yield to terror

• 怖気Usage55%iUsage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
  • おぞけ

    Standard kanji form for the reading おぞけ. The reading おじけ is also possible but less common.

  • おじけ
• 怖おじ気けUsage36%

  Alternate kanji form explicitly indicating the reading おじけ.

• おぞけUsage7%
• おじけUsage1%
• 怖おじけ

  Mixed kana-kanji spelling for おじけ, sometimes seen in informal writing.

• 恐気
  • おぞけ

    Variant using 恐 instead of 怖; less common and may be considered nonstandard.

  • おじけ

Compound of 怖 (お, fear) + 気 (け, feeling, sign). The reading おぞけ is likely a euphonic change from おそけ (恐け), while おじけ derives from 怖じ (おじ, fearing) + 気. Both convey a sense of fear or dread.