そのニュースをラジオで聴いたとき背筋の凍る思いがした。

Sentence Analyzer

その ニュース を ラジオ で 聴いた とき 背筋 の 凍る 思い が した 。

English Translation

When I heard the news on the radio, a chill ran down my spine.

Furigana

そのニュースをラジオで聴(き)いたとき背筋(せすじ)の凍(こお)る思(おも)いがした。

Romanji

Sono nyu-su o rajio de kiita toki sesuji no kōru omoi ga shita.

Words

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

ニュース (ニュース、ニューズ)

news

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

ラジオ (ラジオ)

radio

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

聞く (きく)

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to learn of; to hear about; to follow (advice); to comply with; to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

背筋 (せすじ、はいきん)

the muscles along the spine; dorsal muscles; spinal column; seam in the back; back seam

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

凍る (こおる)

to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal

思い (おもい)

thought; imagination; mind; heart; desire; wish; hope; expectation; love; affection; feelings; emotion; sentiment; experience

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

聴

Readings: チョウ、 テイ、 き.く、 ゆる.す

Meanings: listen, headstrong, naughty, careful inquiry

背

Readings: ハイ、 せ、 せい、 そむ.く、 そむ.ける

Meanings: stature, height, back, behind, disobey, defy, go back on, rebel

筋

Readings: キン、 すじ

Meanings: muscle, sinew, tendon, fiber, plot, plan, descent

凍

Readings: トウ、 こお.る、 こご.える、 こご.る、 い.てる、 し.みる

Meanings: frozen, congeal, refrigerate

思

Readings: シ、 おも.う、 おもえら.く、 おぼ.す

Meaning: think