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寒気 (さむけ): chill, shiver, cold — Japanese vocabulary

寒気 is read さむけ and means "chill, shiver, cold". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

寒気

Reading
さむけ · samuke
Translation
chill, shiver, cold
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
さむけが

Example

その光景を見て私は背筋に寒気がした。

そのこうけいをみてわたしはせすじにさむけがした。

The sight made a chill run down my spine.

Kanji in this word

  • 寒 — cold (weather)
  • 気 — spirit, mood

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