ひりひり

ひりひり
adverb
stinging; smarting; burning
1. stinging; smarting; burning
Describes a hot, burning sensation on the skin or in the throat, often from sunburn, cuts, or spicy food.
日焼(ひや)けで肌(はだ)がひりひりする。
My skin is stinging from the sunburn.
辛(から)い料理(りょうり)で舌(した)がひりひりする。
The spicy food is making my tongue burn.
切(き)り傷(きず)がひりひり痛(いた)む。
The cut stings.

ひりひり is a mimetic word (擬態語(ぎたいご)) describing a sharp, burning or stinging sensation on the skin or mucous membranes. It implies continuous, surface-level pain rather than deep aching.

COMMON PATTERNS:

  • ひりひりする: to sting, to smart
  • ひりひり痛(いた)む: to sting painfully
  • ひりひりした痛(いた)み: a stinging pain

TYPICAL CAUSES:

  • 日焼(ひや)け (sunburn)
  • 辛(から)い食(た)べ物(もの) (spicy food)
  • 切(き)り傷(きず) or 擦(す)り傷(きず) (cuts or scrapes)
  • アルコール消毒(しょうどく) (alcohol disinfection)

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • ちくちく: prickling, stabbing (needles, thorns)
  • ぴりぴり: tingling, numbing (spicy food, nerve pain)
  • じんじん: throbbing, numbing (cold hands, bruises)

Related Words

Related: ちくちく (prickling)
Related: ぴりぴり (tingling)
Related: じんじん (numbing pain)
Related: ずきずき (throbbing pain)
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Added 2026.1.16 14:20 · Revised 2026.4.14 10:59
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