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恐れる · ichidan verb

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

fear; be afraid of

General verb for fearing something or being afraid. Can be used for both concrete threats and abstract anxieties.

〈事こと〉を恐おそれずに〈動どう詞し〉to do something without fear of ~
彼かれは失しっ敗ぱいを恐おそれずに新あたらしい仕し事ごとに挑ちょう戦せんした。
He took on the new job without fear of failure.
〈人ひと〉に恐おそれられるto be feared by someone
その社しゃ長ちょうは社しゃ員いんたちに恐おそれられている。
The president is feared by his employees.
〜ことを恐おそれるto fear that ~ / to be afraid of ~ing
彼かの女じょは将しょう来らいの道みちを間ま違ちがえることを恐おそれていた。
She was afraid of choosing the wrong path in life.

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怖こわがるN1
怖がる is the everyday, emotional word for being scared, while 恐れる sounds more formal and can describe fearing abstract things like failure or consequences.
心しん配ぱいN5
心配する means to worry or be anxious about an uncertain outcome, whereas 恐れる specifically expresses fear of something threatening or dreaded.
恐おそる
恐れる is the modern standard verb for 'to fear', while 恐る is its archaic form found mainly in classical texts and fixed expressions like 恐るべき.
怯おびえるN1
恐れる is a more formal or literary word often used for abstract fears or reverence, whereas 怯える describes a concrete, visible reaction to a threat.

怖こわいN4
怖い is an adjective describing something as scary, while 恐れる is the verb describing the act of a person fearing it.
恐きょう怖ふN3
恐怖 is a noun meaning 'fear/terror' used in formal or psychological description, while 恐れる is the verb form for the act of fearing.
恐おそれ入いるN1
恐れる means simply 'to fear' or 'to be afraid of,' while 恐れ入る is a set humble expression used for apology, gratitude, or amazement, not literal fear.

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恐おそろしいN3
恐れる is the verb 'to fear', while 恐ろしい is the adjective describing something as frightening; learners often mix up the conjugated forms.
かしこまる
畏れる shares the kanji 畏 with 畏まる but means to feel awe or fear, not to adopt a respectful, formal posture.

恐おそれN1
fear; anxiety; uneasiness · risk; danger; likelihood · awe; reverence
恐おそれ入いるN1
be sorry; beg pardon; feel small · be much obliged; be grateful; be thankful · be amazed; be greatly impressed; admire · be dumbfounded; be confounded; be stunned; be fed up; be defeated
恐おそれ多おおい
awesome; awe-inspiring; august · presumptuous; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
恐おそれ気げ
fear; dread; fright
恐おそれ知しらず
fearless; intrepid

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恐おそれるUsage79%
Standard kanji spelling for 'to fear'.
おそれるUsage10%
怖おそれるUsage7%
Alternate kanji spelling, also common.
畏おそれるUsage2%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form, often with a nuance of awe or reverence.
懼おそれるUsage1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
惧おそれるUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form.

Continues classical 恐る, whose later form 恐るる developed into modern 恐れる.