溜息
ためいき
a sigh
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Examples
彼女は大きな溜息をついた。
かのじょはおおきなためいきをついた。
She let out a deep sigh.
溜息なんてついてた？
ためいきなんてついてた？
Was I really sighing?
その景色の美しさに、思わず溜息が出た。
そのけしきのうつくしさに、おもわずためいきがでた。
The beauty of the view drew a sigh out of me before I knew it.
Common patterns
- 溜息をつく
- to sigh
- 溜息が出る
- for a sigh to escape one
- 溜息をもらす
- to let out a sigh
Memory tip
The verb is つく, not する: 溜息をつく. A sigh in Japanese usually signals weariness or disappointment, though 溜息が出る can also mean being struck by something breathtaking.
Kanji in this word
- 溜Not in the N5–N1 kanji lists
- 息breath, sonソク・いき
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