息をつく – Vocabulary details

息いきをつく

Expression

Verb (5-dan, く)

1. to take a breath; to take a short rest

ほっと息いきを吐ついて鏡かがみを見みつめる。I let out a breath of relief and gaze into the mirror.

breath

breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor

to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up

to sigh; to breathe a sigh

to sigh; to breathe a sigh

はあ、と息いきをつく音おとに我われに返かえる。

I come back to my senses at the sound of a sigh.

彼かれの母はは親おやはほっとしてため息いきをついた。

His mother sighed with relief.

一ひとつ息いきをついてから、僕ぼくは再ふたたび駆かけ出だした。

After letting out a sigh, I started running again.

やがて、彼かれは水すい面めんに浮ふ上じょうしたように大おおきく息いきをつく。

Eventually, he took a deep breath as if surfacing from the water.

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