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Weather & Climate

ざわっと

zawa-tto

Sudden chill / gust through trees

A sudden cold gust making trees rustle and causing goosebumps. The weather equivalent of a shiver.

💡A cold front arriving — 'The wind blew zawa-tto and the temperature dropped.'

Example

冷たい風がざわっと吹いて鳥肌が立った。

A cold wind blew zawa-tto and I got goosebumps.

Quiz yourself

A ___ chill ran through the air and the leaves trembled.

○○と冷たい風が吹いて木の葉が震えた。

gustchillsuddentreesgoosebumps
Intermediate