noun
cold sweat; nervous sweat; stress sweat
Refers to sweat that comes from fear, anxiety, or mental strain, not from physical exertion or heat. Often used in expressions like 生汗が出る or 生汗をかく.
大事なプレゼンの前で、生汗が止まらなかった。
Before the important presentation, I couldn't stop sweating from nerves.
彼は尋問されて生汗をかいていた。
He was sweating cold sweat under interrogation.