咳
咳

cough, clear throat

9 strokes

On

カイガイ

Kun

せ.くしわぶ.くせきしわぶき

Dictionary

Common Words

咳払いせきばらいNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #5160
1

clearing one's throat; cough

Examples
講演者は咳払いをした。
The speaker cleared his throat.
咳せきしわぶきNounFreq #9356
1

cough; coughing; tussis

Examples
せきには塩水のうがいが効く。
Gargling with salt water helps stop coughing.
母親はトムの咳のことを心配している。
Tom's mother worries about his cough.
咳き込む咳込む咳こむ咳きこむせきこむIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #10195
1

to cough violently; to have a coughing fit

堰を切ったようせきを切ったようせきをきったよう～な Adj.ExpressionFreq #25476
1

gushing forth; bursting out; like breaking a dam

空咳からせきからぜき乾咳NounFreq #64911
1

dry cough; hacking cough

Examples
妻の乾咳が気になります。
I'm concerned about my wife's hacking cough.
2

intentional cough (e.g. to get someone's attention)

労咳癆痎ろうがいNounFreq #72012
1

Medicine

pulmonary tuberculosis (in traditional Chinese medicine)

咳くせくIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #98896
1

Rare term

to cough

咳止めせき止めせきどめNounFreq #99804
1

cough medicine; cough syrup; cough lozenge

Examples
咳止めはありますか。
Do you have any cough medicine?
咳くしわぶくIntransitiveArchaicYodan verbFreq #100496
1

to cough; to clear one's throat

百日咳百日ぜき百日せきひゃくにちぜき (百日咳／百日ぜき)ひゃくにちせき (百日咳／百日せき)NounFreq #125127
1

whooping cough; pertussis

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