びりびり

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Japanese

Adverb

びりびり or ビリビリ • (biribiri) 

  1. (onomatopoeia) in a manner of ripping, tearing, rending to small pieces
    紙(かみ)をびりびりと破(やぶ)る
    kami o biribiri to yaburu
    tear a paper to shreds
    • 2014, Rie Kuwabata, Anata ga umarete kara , page 24:
      買(か)ったばかりの雑誌(ざっし)をビリビリ破(やぶ)る隊長(たいちょう)。
      Katta bakari no zasshi o biribiri yaburu taichō.
      The captain tears to pieces the magazine he just bought.
  2. (onomatopoeia) as though vibrating, tingling
    びりびり響(ひび)く
    biribiri hibiku
    get a tingling sensation

Verb

びりびりする or ビリビリする • (biribiri suru) suru (stem びりびりし (biribiri shi), past びりびりした (biribiri shita))

  1. to shiver, to tingle, to feel a shock
    • 1998, Masaru Miyakoshi, Kodomo no goi o yutaka ni suru shidō , page 110:
      舌(した)がびりびりするほどからいカレーだ。
      Shita ga biribiri suru hodo karai karē da.
      The curry is so hot my tongue tingles.
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