Sentence with ヒヤヒヤする and てちゃうか


Since ヒヤヒヤする is a verb, that I haven't really been able to find in
dictionaries with English meaning. It seems to mean roughly to be
nervious/anxious/afraid of something.

But that is kinda messing me up on getting the proper meaning of the following
sentence.

> 当てちゃうかと思って、ヒヤヒヤしました。

Context is that two people have been sparing. And this is what one participant
is saying to another.

I think the speaker is saying they were afraid anxious that they might hit the
other side too hard.

At least that's how I interpret てちゃうか.

Although it could also be more that she was nervous because she was thinking
all the time thinking "Did I hit him "fully" or unfortunately".

As of right now the provisional translation is:

> I was afraid, thinking that I could hit you for real.

Which I don't think is exactly right.

So yeah, this is rambly way of asking what would be the proper translating of
the above phrase and how てちゃうか and ヒヤヒヤしました work here.




> 「当{あ}てちゃうかと思{おも}って、ヒヤヒヤしました。」

First of all,

「当てちゃう」 is a colloquial way of saying 「当ててしまう」 = "to hit unintentionally", "to
end up hitting unintentionally/accidentally", etc.

「当てちゃう **かと** 思って」≒「当てちゃう **かもしれない** と思って」 = "thinking that I might hit him
(too hard) unintentionally/accidentally"

Next, 「ヒヤヒヤする」.

It means "to be nervous", "to be in fear", "to be on pins and needles", etc.
Needless to say, it is in the famous 「 **onomatopoeia + する** 」 verb pattern.
You will keep encountering these for as long as you study Japanese.

Putting everything together, you should have something like:

> "I was (really) nervous, thinking that I might hit him (too hard)
> unintentionally."




> 「当{あ}てちゃうかと思{おも}って、ヒヤヒヤしました。」

First of all,

「当てちゃう」 is a colloquial way of saying 「当ててしまう」 = "to hit unintentionally", "to
end up hitting unintentionally/accidentally", etc.

「当てちゃう **かと** 思って」≒「当てちゃう **かもしれない** と思って」 = "thinking that I might hit him
(too hard) unintentionally/accidentally"

Next, 「ヒヤヒヤする」.

It means "to be nervous", "to be in fear", "to be on pins and needles", etc.
Needless to say, it is in the famous 「 **onomatopoeia + する** 」 verb pattern.
You will keep encountering these for as long as you study Japanese.

Putting everything together, you should have something like:

> "I was (really) nervous, thinking that I might hit him (too hard)
> unintentionally."

