Illustration: During a crowded summer assembly in a school courtyard, a standing student suddenly goes limp, eyes closed and knees folding beneath them. A nearby teacher catches their shoulders and supports their head while another adult clears space on a shaded bench.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

気き絶ぜつ

kizetsu

to faint

Example sentences

  1. トムは気絶きぜつすると思おもうよ。

    I think that Tom is going to faint.

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  2. 彼女かのじょはトラの姿すがたを見みて気絶きぜつした。

    She fainted at the sight of a tiger.

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  3. トムはその知しらせを聞きいて、気絶きぜつしてしまった。

    On hearing the news, Tom fainted.

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Kanji in 気絶

  • 気spirit; mindOnキ・ケKunいき・き
  • 絶discontinue; severOnゼツKunたえる・たやす・たつ

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