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ぴんと or ピンと • (pin to)
- like a shock
- これを聞いてピンときた。
- Kore o kīte pin to kita.
- On hearing it, they pricked up their ears, for it rang a bell.
- rigid; tense
- 背筋をピンとする
- sesuji o pin to suru
- to straighten one's back