がり(屋)— Prone to feeling / Overly sensitive to (suffix)

• 彼は寒がりだから、冬が大変そうだ。

  Kare wa samugari dakara, fuyu ga taihen sō da.

  He gets cold easily, so winter must be tough for him.

  寒い → 寒がり (a person who feels the cold easily)

• 私は怖がりで、ホラー映画が見られない。

  Watashi wa kowagari de, horā eiga ga mirarenai.

  I scare easily and can't watch horror movies.

  怖い → 怖がり (easily frightened person)

• 暑がりの人は夏が好きじゃない。

  Atsugari no hito wa natsu ga suki ja nai.

  People who feel the heat easily don't like summer.

  暑い → 暑がり

• ・Common がり types: 寒がり (feels cold easily), 暑がり (feels heat easily), 怖がり (easily scared), 恥ずかしがり (shy/easily embarrassed), 痛がり (sensitive to pain), 寂しがり (gets lonely easily).
• ・Adding 屋 (ya): 寒がり屋 = a person who is always feeling cold (habitual trait).

Commonly confused with

The JLPT rarely asks whether you recognise a pattern — it asks which of several similar patterns fits. These are the ones がり(屋) is tested against.

• たことがある — Have Done (Experience)
• つもりだ — Intention / Plan
• ほうがいい — Had Better / Should
• てほしい — Want someone (else) to do something
• だけで — Just by doing / With just
• ではないか / じゃないか — Isn't it? (rhetorical)
• が必要だ (がひつようだ) — Need / Necessary
• がする — Involuntary sense perception