寒気|さむけsamuke[3]odaka (tail-high)

1. nounchill; the shivers; shivering fit
   その光景こうけいを見みて私は背筋せすじに寒気さむけがした。↗

   The sight made a chill run down my spine.

• Synonym悪寒おかんWritten「悪寒」is a written, medical term for chills from fever etc., focusing on the symptom; 「寒気」 is more colloquial, centering on the felt coldness.
• Related身震いみぶるいNeutral「身震い」means shivering or trembling, focusing on the body's shaking motion; 「寒気」 is the sensation of cold and need not involve shaking.
• Related寒ささむさNeutral「寒さ」covers coldness broadly, from air temperature to felt cold; 「寒気」 is specifically the body feeling chilled, also figuratively creepy, as in 「寒気がするような話」.
• Related冷えひえNeutral「冷え」refers to getting chilled or having cold hands and feet, focusing on bodily coldness, as in 「冷え性」.
• Related震えふるえNeutral「震え」is trembling, focusing on the shaking itself; it need not be from cold and can come from fear, while 「寒気」 is a feeling, not an action.

Use 「寒気」 for feeling a chill in the body or a creepy sensation, as in 「寒気がする」. For medical chills say 「悪寒」, for shivering 「身震い」, for cold weather 「寒さ」, and for a cold constitution 「冷え」.

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1. （さむけ）身体しんたいに感かんじる寒さむさ。悪寒おかん。