Illustration: Outside an apartment door, a resident has finally found the house key caught inside a folded reusable shopping bag. They hold it up close to the lock, eyes gently closed, shoulders visibly dropped, and lips parted in a long relieved exhale.

ほっと

hotto

with relief

Often used as ほっとする, meaning to feel relieved. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

とにかく、試験しけんが終おわってほっとしたよ。
Anyhow, I’m relieved the test is over.
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老婆ろうばはほっと息いきをついてにっこり笑わらった。
The old woman smiled with a sigh of relief.
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彼かれはその知しらせを聞きいてほっとした。
He was relieved at the news.
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