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Body & Health

ぞくぞく

zoku-zoku

Chills running down spine

Shivers that creep through your body — from a cold coming on, or from excitement and thrill. Context decides the feeling.

💡Feeling the onset of a cold — 'I've been feeling zoku-zoku all day, I think I'm getting sick.'

Example

寒気がして、ぞくぞくする。

I have chills and feel zoku-zoku.

Quiz yourself

I feel ___ — I think I'm coming down with a fever.

○○するから、熱が出るかもしれない。

hospitalwinterdiscomfortshiveringnight
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