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高所恐怖症 (こうしょきょうふしょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

高こう所しょ恐きょう怖ふ症しょう

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Meanings

1

noun

fear of heights; acrophobia

A clinical or descriptive term for an intense fear of heights. Used in both medical and everyday contexts.

彼かれは高こう所しょ恐きょう怖ふ症しょうなので、高たかいビルには行いきたがらない。
He has a fear of heights, so he doesn't want to go into tall buildings.
高こう所しょ恐きょう怖ふ

症しょう

の

人ひと

は

、

飛ひ

行こう

機き

に

乗の

る

の

が

苦にが

手て

な

こと

が

多おお

い

。

People with acrophobia often have trouble flying.

Kanji

高tall, high, expensive
所place, extent
恐fear, dread, awe
怖dreadful, be frightened, fearful
症symptoms, illness

Similar words

閉へい所しょ恐きょう怖ふ症しょう
Claustrophobia, fear of enclosed spaces, contrasting with the fear of heights.
高こう所しょ
Simply means 'high place'; 高所恐怖症 is the phobia of such places.

Etymology

Compound of 高所 (high place) + 恐怖症 (phobia). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term follows the standard pattern for naming phobias in Japanese.