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Meaning of 冷や冷や in Japanese
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冷や冷や
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Kana Readingひやひや
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Romajihiyahiya
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adverb (fukushi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
- Meaning
- feeling chilly; being fearful
- Example sentence
- 先ほどの彼らのやり取りにはひやひやしたよ。まさに一触即発の危機だったね。 I was really nervous to see how they dealt with each other just now. I guess things were touch-and-go between them.
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Examples of 冷や冷や, ひやひや in a sentence
Kanji in this word
冷
JLPT 3
7 strokes
cool, cold (beer, person), chill
On'Yomi: レイ
Kun'Yomi: つめ.たい, ひ.える, ひ.や, ひ.ややか, ひ.やす, ひ.やかす, さ.める, さ.ます