身みの毛けのよだつ

expression, godan verb (-tsu)

hair-raising; bloodcurdling; horrible

Describes something so frightening or shocking that it makes one's hair stand on end. Often used in the phrase 身の毛のよだつ思い or 身の毛のよだつような.

See also: 身の毛がよだつ

• その話はなしを聞きいて身みの毛けのよだつ思おもいがした。

  I felt my hair stand on end when I heard that story.

• 身みの毛けのよだつような悲ひ鳴めいが聞きこえた。

  I heard a bloodcurdling scream.