Illustration: In an older wooden Japanese house, a teenager tries to carry a late-night snack upstairs without attracting attention. Under their carefully placed foot, one stair tread flexes against its joint.

きしむ

kishimu

to creak

Example sentences

テーブルがきしむほど食物しょくもつがたくさんあった。
The table was groaning with food.
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彼女かのじょの体重たいじゅうでその椅子いすは、きしんだ。
The old chair groaned under her weight.
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この上うえを歩あるくと床ゆかがきしみ、音おとが出でるようになっている。
When walked upon, the floors creak and make a sound.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

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