びくびく

Japanese

Etymology

From the root びく (biku).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) びくびく [bíꜜkùbìkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [bʲikɯ̟bʲikɯ̟]

Adverb

びくびく • (bikubiku) ←びくびく (bikubiku)?

  1. (onomatopoeia) trembling
    • 2025 February 28, 川内博史 [Hiroshi Kawauchi], quotee, “第217回国会　衆議院　予算委員会　第17号　令和7年2月28日 [217th Diet, House of Representatives, Budget Committee, No. 17, February 28, 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:
      さらに、もう一問は、最近、安住委員長が厳しいので、びくびくしながら質問するんですけれども。
      Sarani, mō ichi mon wa, saikin, Azumi iinchō ga kibishii no de, bikubiku shi nagara shitsumon suru n desu keredomo.
      Furthermore, I have one more question, but I'm a little nervous asking it because Chairman Azumi has been quite strict recently.
  2. (onomatopoeia) twitching; spasming

References

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