Illustration: In a friend’s apartment, a nervous visitor inches past a relaxed house cat sitting in the hallway. The visitor’s shoulders are raised, elbows tucked tightly inward, knees slightly bent, and eyes fixed anxiously on the cat’s smallest movement.

びくびく

bikubiku

nervously, fearfully

Example sentences

少すこしびくびくしていました。
I was a little afraid.
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一言批判ひとことひはんされただけで彼女かのじょはびくびくする。
A bare word of criticism makes her nervous.
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彼かれがいるとビクビクしちゃうの。
His presence makes me nervous.
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