震え上がる (tremble violently / shudder)

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The compound verb 震え上がる, fusing 震える ('tremble') + 上がる (intensifying 'up'), meaning 'to tremble violently, shudder hard, be horrified.' Uses the ~上がる auxiliary in its intensifying sense rather than literal upward motion.

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