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ヒヤヒヤ
1. [int]
▶ hear, hear!
▶ that's right!



History:
4. A 2022-06-05 01:14:31  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Yes, it does seem to be used in the 冷や冷や context too.
3. A* 2022-06-04 23:44:46  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
| ヒヤヒヤする | 17,501 | 59.3% |
| ひやひやする |  7,463 | 25.3% |
| 冷や冷やする |  4,559 | 15.4% |
  Comments:
I saw 冷や冷や written as ヒヤヒヤ on Netflix today. It seems to be the dominant form (if I'm interpreting the n-grams correctly).
2. A 2022-06-04 22:45:09  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5
  Comments:
Is 冷や冷や/ひやひや also written ヒヤヒヤ? I doubt it distorted the n-grams as they are strictly based on written forms.
  Diff:
@@ -9,0 +10 @@
+<gloss>that's right!</gloss>
1. A* 2022-06-04 17:02:48  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijr/s, koj, nikk, shinmeikai, meikyo, etc.

cf. 2424710・いいぞ (way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!)

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
| ヒヤヒヤ | 298,456 |
  Comments:
N-gram counts inflated by 冷や冷や

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