| The Japanese word | |
息 |
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| iki | いき | |
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| breath, tone | |
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彼は息を止めた。
kare wa iki o tome ta. He held his breath. |
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彼は息をのんだ。
kare wa iki o non da. He held his breath. |
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彼女は息を殺した。
kanojo wa iki o koroshi ta. She held her breath. |
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彼女は息を飲んだ。
kanojo wa iki o non da. She caught her breath. |
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彼は息切れしていた。
kare wa ikigire shi te i ta. He was out of breath. |
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彼は息を引き取った。
kare wa iki o hikitotta. He has drawn his last breath. |
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老人は息を引きとった。
rōjin wa iki o hiki totta. The old man breathed his last. | The old person breathed his last breath. |
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彼は息を深くすいこんだ。
kare wa iki o fukaku suikon da. He drew a deep breath. |
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彼は息を殺して見守った。
kare wa iki o koroshi te mimamotta. He watched it holding his breath. |
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彼は最後の息をひきとった。
kare wa saigo no iki o hikitotta. He breathed his last breath. |
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彼は息を切らして走り続けた。
kare wa iki o kirashi te hashiri tsuzuke ta. He was gasping for breath as he ran. |
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彼は息を切らして駅に着いた。
kare wa iki o kirashi te eki ni tsui ta. He arrived at the station out of breath. |
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彼は息をきらしてえきへついた。
kare wa iki o kirashi te e ki e tsui ta. He arrived at the station out of breath. | He went to the station out of breath. |
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彼はその光景にはっと息をのんだ。
kare wa sono kōkei ni hatto iki o non da. He lost his breath at the sight. |
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彼女は丘を登り下りして息切れがした。
kanojo wa oka o nobori kudari shi te ikigire ga shi ta. She was out of breath from walking up and down hills. |
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彼女は息を殺してドアの陰に隠れていた。
kanojo wa iki o koroshi te doa no kage ni kakure te i ta. She hid behind the door and held her breath. |
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彼女は新鮮な空気を一息吸いに表へ出た。
kanojo wa shinsen na kūki o hitoiki sui ni hyō e de ta. She went outside to get a breath of fresh air. |
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彼は息切れしていた。ずっと走っていたから。
kare wa ikigire shi te i ta. zutto hashitte i ta kara. He was out of breath. He had been running. | He was out of breath because he had been running. |
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彼は大きく息を吸って不安をしずめようとした。
kare wa ōkiku iki o sutte fuan o shizumeyo u to shi ta. He took a deep breath and tried to put his uneasiness to rest. |
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| Examples sourced from tatoeba.org |

