おくびょう
Meanings
Adjective (な)
Noun
1. cowardly; timid; easily frightened
Why am I such a coward?
Pitch accent
お
くびょ
う
Composed of
disease
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
loss of nerve; attack of nerves; panic
Examples (15 in total)
You're just a coward.
I did not think he was so timid.
You are not a coward.
He's very timid.
Being cowardly is my flaw.
Why am I such a coward?
Horses are terribly timid.
He is as timid as a mouse.
He is more shy than timid.
The timid man trembled with fear.
Horses are, by nature, extremely timid animals.
But this time, that cowardice turned out to be a stroke of good luck.
The timid soldier was tormented by terrible nightmares.
Horses are inherently timid and nervous animals, so it can't be helped.
Generally speaking, we Japanese are a little too timid in speaking foreign languages.