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spit, vomit, belch, confess, tell (lies)

6 strokesFrequency 1,674JLPT N1Grade 8

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Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

spit

Constituents

?dirt
?ground
口mouth
土soil

Mnemonic Stories

Spit goes from my mouth to the ground.

If you put the ground (dirt) in your mouth, you will spit it out.

Dictionary

Common Words

つく吐くTransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #1001
1

to breathe out; to breathe

Examples
息を深く吸ったり吐いたりしてください。
Take a deep breath in and out, please.
2

to tell (a lie); to use (foul language)

Examples
そんな言葉を吐いたことを君は後悔するだろう。
You'll regret having said those words.
3

to vomit; to throw up; to spit up

Examples
３回吐きました。
I threw up three times.
吐くはくTransitiveGodan verbFreq #1757
1

to vomit; to throw up; to spit up

2

to emit; to send forth; to breathe out

3

to give (an opinion); to make (a comment); to express; to tell

4

to confess

ため息をつく溜息をつく溜息を吐くためいきをつくExpressionGodan verbFreq #3189
1

to sigh; to breathe a sigh

Examples
彼女は自分の不幸な運命にため息をついた。
She sighed over her unhappy fate.
吐き出すはきだすほきだすTransitiveGodan verbFreq #3221
1

to vomit; to spit out

Examples
つばを吐き出してください。
Please spit.
2

to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to blow out; to spew out (e.g. smoke); to belch out; to emit; to disgorge (e.g. passengers)

Examples
アイスランドには大量の煙を吐き出している火山があります。
There's a volcano emitting masses of smoke in Iceland.
3

to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up

4

to give vent to (e.g. pent-up feelings); to let out

Examples
彼女は怒って吐き出すように答えた。
She spit out an angry reply.
5

Computing

to output; to export

息をつく息を吐く息を付くいきをつくExpressionGodan verbFreq #3475
1

to take a breath; to take a short rest

Examples
老婆はほっと息をついてにっこり笑った。
The old woman smiled with a sigh of relief.
吐息といきNounFreq #3651
1

sigh; long breath

Examples
魂の吐息を感じ始めた。
I'm feeling the breath of life.
嘘をつく嘘を吐くうそをつくウソをつく嘘を付くExpressionGodan verbFreq #4498
1

to tell a lie; to fib

Examples
うそをつくのは悪いことだと思う。
I think it's wrong to tell a lie.
息を吐くいきをはくExpressionGodan verbFreq #4625
1

to breathe out; to exhale

Examples
寒い天気に息を吐くと、息が見える。
When you breathe out in cold weather, you can see your breath.
吐き捨てるはきすてるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #5367
1

to spit out; to eject; to dump

一息つく一息吐くひといきつくExpressionGodan verbFreq #7499
1

to take a breather; to take a rest

2

to catch one's breath; to take a breath

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