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    3. 息を潜める

    息を潜める

    息いきを​潜ひそめ​る​

    to hold one's breath

    NTVerbEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab31 strokes

    息をひそめる

    いきをひそめる

    Verb

    1.
    to hold one's breath, to bate one's breath

    Stroke 0 / 31

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    Characters that make up this word

    息
    いき…(1)
    breath・respiration・son・interest (on money)・rest…(1)
    Kanji
    潜
    ひそ.む・もぐ.る・かく.れる・くぐ.る・ひそ.める…(1)
    submerge・conceal・hide・lower (voice)・hush
    Kanji
    を
    wo
    Kana
    め
    me
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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