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息 (いき): breath — Japanese vocabulary

息 is read いき and means "breath". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

息

Reading
いき · iki
Translation
breath
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
いきが

Example

彼は息も絶え絶えに横たわっていた。

かれはいきもたえだえによこたわっていた。

He lay breathing very feebly.

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