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窒息 (ちっそく): suffocation — Japanese vocabulary

窒息 is read ちっそく and means "suffocation". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

窒息

Reading
ちっそく · chissoku
Translation
suffocation
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
ちっそくが

Example

お菓子で赤ちゃんが窒息するところだった。

おかしであかちゃんがちっそくするところだった。

The baby almost choked on a piece of candy.

Kanji in this word

  • 窒 — nitrogen, choke
  • 息 — breath

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