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息切れ

いきぎれ

Readings

いきぎれ

Meanings

  1. 1.
    n, vs, vishortness of breath; panting; puffing
  2. 2.
    n, vs, virunning out of steam (of the economy, a project, etc.); losing momentum; loss of efficiency

Kanji breakdown

息
N410 strokesGrade 3
切
N34 strokesGrade 2

Example sentences

５分と走らないうちに息切れしてしまった。

I had not run five minutes when I got out of breath.

今学期は本当に息切れした感じだわ。

I seem to have run out of steam this term.

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息切れいきぎれ

shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (e.g. economy); losing momentum

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