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    3. 息苦しい

    息苦しい

    息いき苦ぐるし​い​

    choking

    KMT10News #37+1AdjectiveMedicine & HealthEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab21 strokes

    いきぐるしい

    Adjective

    1.
    choking, suffocating, stifling
    2.
    oppressive, heavy

    Stroke 0 / 21

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    満まん員いん電でん車しゃはとても息いき苦ぐるしいです。

    A crowded train is very stifling.

    KMT10Daily LifeTravel & Transportation
    彼かの女じょはストレスで息いき苦ぐるしいと感かんじることがよくあります。

    She often feels suffocated by stress.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyMedicine & Health
    閉へい鎖さ的てきな社しゃ会かいでは、人ひと々びとは息いき苦ぐるしい思おもいをすることが多おおい。

    In a closed society, people often feel oppressed.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyPolitics & Law
    喘ぜん息そくの発ほっ作さで、彼かれは息いき苦ぐるしさを感かんじて救きゅう急きゅう車しゃを呼よびました。

    He felt suffocated by an asthma attack and called an ambulance.

    KMT10Medicine & Health
    期き待たいが大おおすぎるとそのプレッシャーでいきすぎると、そのプレッシャーで息ぐ苦るしくなることがあります。

    When expectations are too high, the pressure can become suffocating.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    息
    いき…(1)
    breath・respiration・son・interest (on money)・rest…(1)
    Kanji
    苦
    くる.しい・-ぐる.しい・くる.しむ・くる.しめる・にが.い・にが.る…(1)
    suffering・trial・worry・hardship・feel bitter…(1)
    Kanji
    し
    shi
    Kana
    い
    i
    Kana
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