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The Japanese word

怖い

is pronounced
kowai | こわい
means
frightening
Examples:
これはかなり怖いね。
kore wa kanari kowai ne.
This is rather frightening.
これまでそんな怖い話は聞いたこともない。
kore made sonna kowai hanashi wa kī ta koto mo nai.
I've never heard of such a frightening story before.
Examples sourced from tatoeba.org