goosebumps; goose pimples
Kansai dialect word for goosebumps, often from cold or fear. In standard Japanese, 鳥肌 (とりはだ) is more common.
It was so cold I got goosebumps.
怖い話を聞いて、さぶいぼが立った。
I got goosebumps listening to a scary story.
Kanji-kana mixed form; rarely used.
Rare kanji form; it is rarely used.
From Kansai dialect さぶい (cold) + いぼ (wart, bump), literally 'cold bumps'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.