ホラー

ほらー
noun
horror (genre)
1. horror (genre)
The horror genre in film, literature, games, and other media. Borrowed from English 'horror.'
ホラー映画(えいが)を観(み)た。
I watched a horror movie.
私(わたし)はホラーが苦手(にがて)だ。
I'm not good with horror.
この小説(しょうせつ)はホラーとミステリーの要素(ようそ)が混(ま)ざっている。
This novel has elements of both horror and mystery mixed in.

A loanword from English used to refer to the horror genre across all media — films, novels, manga, games, and TV. In Japanese, ホラー almost always refers to the genre rather than the feeling of horror itself (for which 恐怖(きょうふ) is used).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • ホラー映画(えいが): horror movie
  • ホラー小説(しょうせつ): horror novel
  • ホラーゲーム: horror game
  • ホラー漫画(まんが): horror manga
  • 和製(わせい)ホラー: Japanese-style horror (J-horror)

RELATED TERMS:

  • 恐怖(きょうふ): fear, terror — the emotion itself, not the genre
  • 怪談(かいだん): ghost story — traditional Japanese horror storytelling
  • 心霊(しんれい): supernatural, paranormal — often used in ホラー contexts
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