おののき

お

の

き

Meanings

usually written using kana alone

A strong physical or emotional trembling, often from fear, cold, or intense excitement. Literary and somewhat dramatic; in everyday speech 震え (ふるえ) is more common.

恐きょう怖ふで全ぜん身しんにおののきが走はしった。
A shudder ran through my whole body from fear.
その知しらせを聞きいて、彼かれはおののきを隠かくせなかった。
Hearing the news, he couldn't hide his trembling.