息 : Breath

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Components:

自心

breath, respiration, son, interest (on money)

On 'yomi:

ソク(soku)

Kun 'yomi:

いき(iki)

Strokes:	10
Radical:	心 (61)
Usage Rating:	882

JLPT:	N3
old JLPT:	2
Grade:	3

Unicode:	0606f
jis208:	34-9

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息 Usage examples

息巻く(いきまく)	to enthuse, to speak passionately, to get worked up, to galvanize
息急き切る(いきせききる) 息せき切る(いきせききる)	to pant, to gasp
息張る(いきばる)	to strain, to bear down (in giving birth)
息詰まる(いきづまる) 息づまる(いきづまる)	to be breathtaking, to be stifling
息衝く(いきづく) 息づく(いきづく)	to live, to pant, to gasp, to sigh
息の合った(いきのあった)	in good coordination
息を吐く(いきをはく)	to breathe out, to exhale
正安息香酸(せいあんそくこうさん)	orthobenzoic acid
喘息が起こる(ぜんそくがおこる)	to have an attack of asthma
総領息子(そうりょうむすこ)	eldest son
生息地(せいそくち)	habitat, home (e.g. of the tiger)
消息子(しょうそくし)	probe
アミノ安息香酸エチル(アミノあんそくこうさんエチル)	ethyl aminobenzoate
息を呑む(いきをのむ) 息を飲む(いきをのむ) 息をのむ(いきをのむ) 息を嚥む(いきをのむ)	to gulp, to gasp
息を呑むほど(いきをのむほど) 息を飲むほど(いきをのむほど)	breathtaking
息を呑むよう(いきをのむよう) 息を飲むよう(いきをのむよう)	breathtaking, thrilling
息を合わせる(いきをあわせる)	to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match
無病息災(むびょうそくさい)	sound health
息む(いきむ)	to bear or push down (during childbirth)
延命息災(えんみょうそくさい)	health and longevity, enjoying a long and healthy life being untouched by disaster
小心姑息(しょうしんこそく)	timid and evasive (person), timid and makeshift (approach, measure, etc.)
消息不明(しょうそくふめい)	untraceable, long lost
息災延命(そくさいえんめい)	health and longevity, enjoying a long and healthy life being untouched by disaster
息を引き取る(いきをひきとる)	to pass away
息の根を止める(いきのねをとめる)	to kill, to choke the life out of
ご令息(ごれいそく) 御令息(ごれいそく)	son
はっと息を呑む(ハッといきをのむ) ハッと息をのむ(ハッといきをのむ)	to gasp in surprise
息が掛かる(いきがかかる) 息がかかる(いきがかかる)	to have the personal support of (an influential person), to be under the patronage of
肩で息をする(かたでいきをする)	to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)