生なま汗あせ

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.

• 大だい事じなプレゼンの前まえで、生なま汗あせが止とまらなかった。

  Before the important presentation, I couldn't stop sweating from nerves.

• 彼かれは尋じん問もんされて生なま汗あせをかいていた。

  He was sweating cold sweat under interrogation.