怖おじ気けづく

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

get scared; lose one's nerve; chicken out

Intransitive verb describing the moment one becomes frightened or intimidated, often causing hesitation or withdrawal. Casual to neutral register.

• 彼かれは高たかい所ところに登のぼったら怖おじ気けづいて動うごけなくなった。

  When he climbed to a high place, he got scared and couldn't move.

• 本ほん番ばん前まえに怖おじ気けづいてしまった。

  I lost my nerve right before the performance.

• 相あい手ての迫はく力りょくに怖おじ気けづいて言いい返かえせなかった。

  I was intimidated by the opponent's force and couldn't talk back.