Illustration: Halfway up a long outdoor stairway in a hilly residential neighborhood, an adult has stopped with both hands braced on their knees. Their mouth hangs open as they draw rapid breaths, shoulders lifting and shirt pulling across an expanding chest. A shopping bag rests safely beside one foot.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

息いき切ぎれ

ikigire

to get out of breath

Example sentences

  1. もう息切いきぎれしてるの？

    Are you already out of breath?

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  2. 歩あるくと息切いきぎれしやすいですか？

    Do you get short of breath easily when walking?

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  3. 彼かれは息切いきぎれしていた。ずっと走はしっていたから。

    He was out of breath. He had been running.

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Kanji in 息切

  • 息breath; respirationOnソクKunいき
  • 切cutOnセツ・サイKunきる・きり・きれる

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