Moto 息: Breath; Respiration; SonKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ソク
- Kun'yomi
- いき
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 3
- Words
- 208 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ソク)
- 生息せいそくinhabiting; living
- 利息りそくinterest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
- 消息筋しょうそくすじinformed circles
- 消息しょうそくnews (from somebody); letter
- 生息地せいそくちhabitat; home (e.g. of the tiger)
- 終息しゅうそくhaving ended; being resolved
- 窒息ちっそくsuffocation; choking
- 子息しそくson
- 休息きゅうそくrest; relief
- 喘息ぜんそくasthma
- 嘆息たんそくsigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving
- 姑息こそくunderhanded; unfair
- 安息あんそくrest; repose
- 安息日あんそくじつ(Judeo-Christian) Sabbath
- ご令息ごれいそくson
- ぜん息ぜんそくasthma
- アミノ安息香酸エチルアミノあんそくこうさんエチルethyl aminobenzoate
- 一病息災いちびょうそくさいone who experiences a chronic ailment takes better care of his health and lives longer
- 令息れいそくson
- 休息所きゅうそくじょlobby; lounge
- 休息時間きゅうそくじかんrecess; break
- 喘息が起こるぜんそくがおこるto have an attack of asthma
- 四日市喘息よっかいちぜんそくYokkaichi asthma
- 因循姑息いんじゅんこそくdilly-dallying and temporizing (temporising)
- 大息たいそくdeep sigh
- 安息角あんそくかくangle of repose
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 息いきbreath; breathing
- 鼻息はないきnasal breathing; breathing through one's nose
- ため息ためいきsigh
- 一息ひといきone breath
- 寝息ねいきbreathing of a sleeping person
- 息の根いきのねlife
- 息切れいきぎれshortness of breath; panting
- 息巻くいきまくto rage; to storm (at)
- 息抜きいきぬきtaking a breather; relaxation
- 息苦しいいきぐるしいchoking; suffocating
- 息詰まるいきづまるto be breathtaking; to be stifling
- 溜め息ためいきsigh
- 青息吐息あおいきといきdeep distress
- ため息をつくためいきをつくto sigh; to breathe a sigh
- ため息を吐くためいきをつくto sigh; to breathe a sigh
- はっと息を呑むはっといきをのむto gasp in surprise
- ほっとひと息ほっとひといきsigh of relief
- ほっと一息ほっとひといきsigh of relief
- 一息いれるひといきいれるto take a breather; to take a rest
- 一息つくひといきつくto take a breather; to take a rest
- 一息入れるひといきいれるto take a breather; to take a rest
- 一息吐くひといきつくto take a breather; to take a rest
- 吐息といきsigh; long breath
Other readings
- 息子むすこson
- 一人息子ひとりむすこonly son
- 息吹いぶきbreath
- ドラ息子ドラむすこlazy son; profligate son
- どら息子ドラむすこlazy son; profligate son
- ひとり息子ひとりむすこonly son
- まま息子ままむすこstepson
- ハッと息をのむはっといきをのむto gasp in surprise
- ホッとひと息ほっとひといきsigh of relief
- ホッと一息ほっとひといきsigh of relief
- 孫息子まごむすこgrandson
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