冷や汗

Japanese

Kanji in this term
冷	汗
ひ Grade: 4	あせ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

冷(ひや)汗(あせ) (hiyāse)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひやあせ [hìyááꜜsè] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [çija̠a̠se̞]

Noun

冷(ひ)や汗(あせ) • (hiyaase)

cold sweat
- 1928, Motojirō Kajii, Sakura no ki no shita ni wa [Under the cherry trees]‎^[1], Modern kanji and kana edition:
  
  おまえは腋(わき)の下(した)を拭(ふ)いているね。冷(ひや)汗(あせ)が出(で)るのか。
  Omae wa waki no shita o fuiteiru ne. Hiyaase ga deru no ka.
  I see you are wiping your armpit. Cold sweat?

Synonyms

(rare) 冷(れい)汗(かん) (reikan)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN