Illustration: On a cold morning at the covered entrance of a Japanese apartment, a resident discovers that a cat has toppled their carefully sorted stack of recycling. They stand still with shoulders sinking, eyelids lowered, and lips gently parted in a long outward breath.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

ため息いき

tameiki

sigh

Example sentences

彼かれは仕事しごとが終おわったとき、ため息いきを漏もらした。
He let out a sigh when the job was finished.
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ため息いきが彼女かのじょの口くちから出でた。
A sigh fell from her lips.
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彼女かのじょは安堵あんどのため息いきをもらした。
She gave out a sigh of relief.
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Kanji in 息

息breath; respirationOnソクKunいき

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