Word details

身の毛のよだつ

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 身の毛のよだつ.

Dictionary

Entry

身の毛のよだつ身の毛の弥立つみのけのよだつExpressionGodan verbFreq #71537
1

hair-raising; bloodcurdling; horrible; shocking; gruesome

Examples
それは身の毛のよだつ思いだよ。
That's a hair-raising thought.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

somebody, person, one's station in life

7 strokesFrequency 320JLPT N2Grade 3

On

シン

Kun

fur, hair, feather, down

4 strokesFrequency 1,179JLPT N2Grade 2

On

モウ

Kun

Nanori

めん

all the more, increasingly

8 strokesFrequency 1,687JLPT N1Grade 8

On

Kun

いやいよ.いよわた.る

Nanori

わたるみつひろ

stand up, rise, set up, erect

5 strokesFrequency 58JLPT N4Grade 1

On

リツリュウリットル

Kun

た.つ-た.つた.ち-た.てる-た.てるた.て-たて--た.て-だ.て-だ.てる

Nanori

たちたったつだてつい

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