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胸が騒ぐ

むねがさわぐ

to feel uneasy

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Examples

  1. なぜか胸が騒ぐ。

    なぜかむねがさわぐ。

    For some reason I feel uneasy.

  2. 電話の音に胸が騒いだ。

    でんわのおとにむねがさわいだ。

    The sound of the phone filled me with foreboding.

  3. 悪い知らせを聞いて胸が騒いで眠れなかった。

    わるいしらせをきいてむねがさわいでねむれなかった。

    After the bad news my heart was so unsettled that I could not sleep.

  4. 何か起きそうな予感に、朝から胸が騒いでいる。

    なにかおきそうなよかんに、あさからむねがさわいでいる。

    I have had an uneasy feeling all morning that something is about to happen.

Common patterns

不安で胸が騒ぐ
to feel uneasy with anxiety
胸が騒いで眠れない
to be too unsettled to sleep
なんとなく胸が騒ぐ
to feel vaguely uneasy

Memory tip

騒ぐ is to make a racket, so your chest is noisy with foreboding. It is almost always about a bad premonition; for pleasant excitement use 胸が躍る instead.

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