汗(あせ)

汗(あせ) refers to sweat or perspiration.

Common expressions

• 汗(あせ)をかく: to sweat
• 汗(あせ)を拭(ふ)く: to wipe sweat
• 汗(あせ)が出(で)る: to start sweating
• 汗(あせ)だく: drenched in sweat
• 冷(ひ)や汗(あせ): cold sweat (from fear or nervousness)
• 汗水(あせみず)垂(た)らす: to work hard (lit. dripping with sweat)
• 脂汗(あぶらあせ): greasy sweat (from pain or distress)
• 手(て)に汗(あせ)を握(にぎ)る: to be on the edge of one's seat (lit. grip sweat in one's hands)

Compounds

• 発汗(はっかん): perspiration (medical term)
• 汗腺(かんせん): sweat gland

Watch out

• "To sweat" is 汗(あせ)をかく, with the verb かく; not 汗(あせ)をする or 汗(あせ)を出(だ)す.