咽
咽

throat, choked, smothered, stuffy

9 strokesGrade 8

On

インエンエツ

Kun

むせ.ぶむせ.るのどの.む

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Common Words

喉のど咽吭のんどのみとのみどNounFreq #1759
1

throat

Examples
今日起きたら喉がいがらっぽかったです。
When I got up today, my throat felt a little sore.
2

singing voice

3

Word usually written using kana alone; Printing

gutter (inner margins of a book)

嗚咽おえつ鳴咽NounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #7010
1

sobbing; weeping; fit of crying

喉を鳴らすのどを鳴らす喉をならすのどをならすExpressionGodan verbFreq #9173
1

to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (of a cat)

むせる噎せる咽せる咽るIntransitiveUsually kanaIchidan verbFreq #14289
1

to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by

Examples
煙でむせた。
I was choked by smoke.
咽喉いんこうNounFreq #24776
1

Anatomy

throat

2

vital passage; key position

嚥下えんげえんか咽下NounTransitive～する VerbFreq #25355
1

Physiology

swallowing; deglutition

喉から手が出るのどから手が出るのどからてがでるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #26857
1

Idiomatic expression; As ～ほど, 〜くらい, etc.

(wanting something so badly that) one can almost taste it; a hand reaches out from one's throat

Examples
この30年間、広告会社は大手たばこ会社のお客をのどから手が出るほど欲しがった。
For the last 30 years, ad agencies would kill for a major tobacco account.
この時計、喉から手が出るほど欲しかったんだ。
I wanted this watch so badly I could taste it.
むせ返る噎せ返るむせかえる咽せ返るIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #27284
1

to choke; to be choked (by)

Examples
彼は部屋に満ちていた煙にむせ返った。
He was choked by the smoke which filled the room.
2

to sob convulsively

むせび泣く咽び泣くむせびなく噎び泣くIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #35786
1

to sob; to be choked with tears

むせぶ咽ぶ噎ぶIntransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #43389
1

to be choked; to be stifled; to be smothered

Examples
涙にむせんで何も言えなかった。
She was choked with tears and was unable to speak.
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