息 (いき) — breath, breathing

息いき breath

Frequency #2368 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 3 1 character noun

iki

いき

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. いき[1] atamadaka 頭高

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Meanings

breath
breathing

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

いき息 breath

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Words with 息 (15)

息(むす)子(こ) musuko son ため息(いき) tameiki sigh 生(せい)息(そく) seisoku inhabiting 利(り)息(そく) risoku interest (on a loan) 一(ひと)息(いき) hitoiki one breath 休(きゅう)息(そく) kyuusoku rest 子(し)息(そく) shisoku (another's) son (oft. ご〜) 寝(ね)息(いき) neiki breathing of a sleeping person

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Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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Words with 息 (15)

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