噎
噎

choke, smother

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イツエツ

Kun

む.せるむせ.ぶ

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Common Words

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.
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.
むせび泣き咽び泣き噎び泣きむせびなきNoun～する VerbFreq #103294
1

sobbing

Examples
彼女は母親の事を話するときはいつもむせび泣きする。
She can't talk about her mother without choking up.
むせっぽい噎せっぽい咽せっぽい～い Adj.Usually kanaFreq #199884
1

choking; stifling; suffocating

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