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    3. ため息

    ため息

    た​め​息いき

    sigh

    KMT7CoreRef L1NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab16 strokes

    溜息溜め息

    ためいき

    Noun

    1.
    sigh

    Stroke 0 / 16

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは大おおきなため息いきをついた。

    He let out a big sigh.

    KMT5Emotions & Psychology
    難むずかしい問もん題だいに直ちょく面めんし、思おもわずため息いきが出でた。

    Faced with a difficult problem, I involuntarily sighed.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychology
    試し験けんの結けっ果かを見みて、多おおくの学がく生せいが失しつ望ぼんのため息いきをついた。

    Seeing the exam results, many students sighed in disappointment.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyEducation
    疲つかれた体からだでソファに座すわり、安あん堵どのため息いきをついた。

    I sat on the sofa with my tired body and let out a sigh of relief.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かの女じょはため息いきまじりに、最さい近きんの苦く労ろうを語かたり始はじめた。

    With a sigh, she began to talk about her recent hardships.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    息
    いき…(1)
    breath・respiration・son・interest (on money)・rest…(1)
    Kanji
    た
    ta
    Kana
    め
    me
    Kana
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