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    3. 上気

    上気

    上じょう気き

    flushing (of one's cheeks)

    KMT10News #38+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab9 strokes

    じょうき

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    flushing (of one's cheeks), dizziness, rush of blood to the head

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    彼かの女じょの顔かおは上じょう気きしていた。

    Her face was flushed.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyMedicine & Health
    発はつ熱ねつすると、顔かおが上じょう気きすることがよくあります。

    When you have a fever, your face often flushes.

    KMT9Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    恥はずかしさで彼かれの頬ほおが上じょう気きした。

    His cheeks flushed with embarrassment.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyMedicine & Health
    激はげしい運うん動どうの後あと、彼かれの顔かおは熱ねつで上じょう気きしていた。

    After strenuous exercise, his face was flushed with heat.

    KMT10Medicine & HealthSports & Martial Arts
    アルコールを飲のむと、すぐに顔がおが上じょう気きする体たい質しつだ。

    I have a constitution where my face quickly flushes when I drink alcohol.

    KMT10Medicine & HealthDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    上
    うえ・-うえ・うわ-・かみ・あ.げる・-あ.げる…(22)
    above・up
    気
    いき・き…(2)
    spirit・mind・air・atmosphere・mood
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