
VOCABULARY
はらはら(する)
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nervously
feel anxious, be on tenterhooks, feel nervous about an outcome
adverb
verb
Practice exercises
1
試合を見てはらはらした。
Watching the game, I felt nervous.
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はらはら
2
子供の冒険に母ははらはらした。
The mother was on tenterhooks over the child's adventure.
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はらはら
3
結果発表まではらはらしながら待った。
I waited anxiously until the results were announced.
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はらはら
4
綱渡りの演技に観客ははらはらした。
The audience was on edge during the tightrope act.
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はらはら
5
綱渡りの交渉に関係者ははらはらし通しだった。
Those involved were on tenterhooks throughout the precarious talks.
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はらはら