ひりひり

See also: ぴりぴり

Japanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [çiɾʲiçiɾʲi]

Adverb

ひりひり or ヒリヒリ • (hirihiri) 

  1. (onomatopoeia) being irritating, smarting, stinging

Verb

ひりひりする or ヒリヒリする • (hirihiri suru) suru (stem ひりひりし (hirihiri shi), past ひりひりした (hirihiri shita))

  1. irritate, smart, sting
    • 2025 May 12, 仁比聡平 [Sōhei Nihi], quotee, “第217回国会　参議院　決算委員会　第5号　令和7年5月12日 [217th Diet House of Councilors Settlement Committee No. 5 May 12, 2025]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System]‎[1], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library], retrieved 27 August 2025:
      家は、お風呂の土壁が落ちたり、ガラス戸が割れたりしていて、畑に出ていた母は顔がひりひりしたと言っていました。
      Ie wa, o-furo no tsuchikabe ga ochitari, garasudo ga waretari shite ite, hatake ni dete ita haha wa kao ga hirihiri shita to itte i mashita.
      At our house, the mud walls of the bathroom fell down and the glass doors were broken, and my mother, who had been out working in the fields, said her face was stinging.
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