にさわる

to touch; to offend or irritate

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to touch; to offend or irritate With 気 or 神経, it means to offend someone or get on their nerves. Literally, さわる means “to touch.”
JA: あの音楽は彼の気にさわる。
EN: That music gets on his nerves.

あの音楽は彼の気にさわる。

That music irritates him.

気にさわるようなことばかり言うのはあの人の癖です

That person has a habit of saying things that get on people’s nerves.

— Sanjuro (1962)

そいつはぼくの神経にさわる。

That guy gets on my nerves.

手にさわるものは、昨夜の短い鼻ではない。

What I feel in my hand isn’t last night’s short nose.

動くと傷にさわるぞ

If you move, it'll irritate the wound.

— もののけ姫 (1997)

傷にさわる

Aggravate the wound.

— もののけ姫 (1997)