phobia; morbid fear
Used both as a standalone noun for a phobia and as a suffix in compound terms like 高所恐怖症 (acrophobia).
彼は閉所恐怖症で、エレベーターに乗れない。
He has claustrophobia and cannot ride elevators.
高所恐怖症の人は高い場所を避ける。
People with acrophobia avoid high places.
She developed a phobia of dogs after an accident when she was little.
He gradually overcame his fear of heights.
He suffers from a fear of pointed objects and can't even stand looking at them.
aichmophobia; fear of sharp objects
gynophobia; fear of women