Illustration: Just inside an apartment entrance, a cyclist has returned from cold rain and stands shivering on the tiled floor. Water drips from their jacket onto a folded towel; their shoulders hunch high, elbows press into their ribs, and goosebumps show on an exposed forearm.

JLPT N1adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

ぞくぞく

zokuzoku

shivering, feeling chilly

Example sentences

  1. 外そとに出でると寒さむさでぞくぞくした。

    I shivered with cold when I went outside.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 寒さむくてゾクゾクするのよ。

    I have a chill.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 体からだがぞくぞくしている。

    My body is shivering.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

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