息切れ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
息 切
いき
Grade: 3
き > ぎ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 息 (iki, “breath”) + 切れる (kireru, “break off, be interrupted”).

Noun

息(いき)切(ぎ)れ • (ikigire) 

  1. breathlessness

Verb

息(いき)切(ぎ)れする • (ikigire suru) intransitive suru (stem 息(いき)切(ぎ)れし (ikigire shi), past 息(いき)切(ぎ)れした (ikigire shita))

  1. get short of breath, get out of breath, be winded

Conjugation

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