こえをのむ – Vocabulary details

こえをのむ

Expression

Verb (5-dan, む)

Idiomatic

1. to choke up; to be speechless

2. to hold one's tongue

voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

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