ギクリ
Also written ぎくり
Meanings
- Adverb with a start; in a fright; alarmedly
Example sentences
- 私はテレビ番組のために会った医者にギクリとさせられた。彼は、今アレルギーの症状がないからといって気楽に構えていてはいけないと警告したのだ。
I was given a scare by a doctor I interviewed for the TV program who warned me not to rest easy just because I had no allergic symptoms at the moment. - 圭はその問いにギクリとさせられたが、頭を何でもないといいたそうに横に振る。
Kei is startled by that question, but shakes her head as it to say that it's nothing.