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    3. 窒息

    窒息

    窒ちっ息そく

    suffocation

    N1KMT8News #18+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive, ParticleMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab21 strokes

    ちっそく

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive, Particle

    1.
    suffocation, choking, asphyxia

    Stroke 0 / 21

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    小ちいさな子こ供どもがピーナッツで窒ちっ息そくしそうになった。

    A small child almost choked on a peanut.

    KMT7Medicine & HealthFamily & Relationships
    火か災さい現げん場ばでは、煙けむりによる窒ちっ息そくが最もっとも危き険けんです。

    At a fire scene, suffocation from smoke is the most dangerous.

    KMT8Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    窒ちっ息そくの応おう急きゅう処しょ置ちとして、ハイムリック法ほうが有ゆう効こうです。

    The Heimlich maneuver is effective as first aid for choking.

    KMT8Medicine & Health
    睡すい眠みん時じ無む呼こ吸きゅう症しょう候こう群ぐんは、寝ねている間あいだに一いちじて時きちっそく的じょうたいに窒びょ息う状 態きになる病 気 です。

    Sleep apnea syndrome is a condition where one temporarily experiences suffocation while sleeping.

    KMT8Medicine & Health
    彼かれは、狭せまい空くう間かんに閉とじ込こめられ、窒ちっ息そく死しの恐きょう怖ふに襲おそわれた。

    He was trapped in a confined space and was overcome by the fear of suffocation.

    KMT9Medicine & HealthEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    窒
    plug up・obstruct
    息
    いき…(1)
    breath・respiration・son・interest (on money)・rest…(1)
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