How do you say "I'm sunburnt and it stings." in Japanese?

Name: You Ask a Japanese Drugstore for Sunburn Cream and Get Sent Back to the Sunscreen. One Word Fixes It.
Uploaded: 2026-09-01T06:18:10Z
Duration: 30 s
Description: Learn to say 日焼けでヒリヒリするんです (hiyake de hirihiri suru n desu) — I'm sunburnt and it stings.. A 30-second Japanese lesson for travelers from Kōfuku.

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You Ask a Japanese Drugstore for Sunburn Cream and Get Sent Back to the Sunscreen. One Word Fixes It.

To say I'm sunburnt and it stings. in Japanese, say 日焼けでヒリヒリするんです (hiyake de hirihiri suru n desu).

You walk into the drugstore, point at your shoulders, and say the Japanese word for sunburn. She nods, and walks you straight back to the sunscreen you already own.

日焼けでヒリヒリするんです hiyake de hirihiri suru n desu I'm sunburnt and it stings.

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In this video

日焼けでヒリヒリするんです。 hiyake de hirihiri suru n desu. I'm sunburnt and it stings.
すみません、日焼けでヒリヒリするんです。 sumimasen, hiyake de hirihiri suru n desu. Excuse me, I'm sunburnt and it stings.
でしたら、日焼け後のジェルはこちらです。 deshitara, hiyake-go no jeru wa kochira desu. In that case, the after sun gel is over here.

Kanji in this phrase

日焼け: ひやけ
日焼け後: ひやけご
ジェルは: ジェルわ

Why this phrase

A drugstore counter in late August. Hana plays the staff member, Kōfuku plays the sunburnt tourist. 日焼け covers a tan and a burn equally, so asking for 日焼けの薬 sends you to the sunscreen shelf. The word that routes you to the after sun gel is ヒリヒリ, the sound word for stinging skin, inside 「日焼けでヒリヒリするんです」.