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息
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to take a breath; to take a short rest
Examples
この一週間息つく暇もないほど忙しかった。
I've been so busy this past week that I've hardly had time to relax.
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taking a breath (while singing, swimming, etc.)
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short break; breather
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death by suffocation; death by choking
Examples
もちを食べている時にのどに詰まらせて窒息死する老人がたくさんいる。
Many old people choke to death while eating mochi.
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Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
good health
Examples
年を取ると、無病息災であることが何よりだと思うようになる。
As you get older you start to feel that health is everything.
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Buddhism
stopping misfortune; preventing disaster
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interest (on a loan, deposit etc.)
Examples
彼は利息を付けて借金払いをした。
He paid the loan with interest.
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Idiomatic expression
dying breath; dying whisper; being at death's door
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to strain (one's stomach); to bear down (during childbirth); to push down
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Humble
(one's) son
Examples
こんなどうしようもない愚息ですが、どうかご贔屓ください。
I may be a hopeless fool, but please be kind to me.
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habitat; home (e.g. of the tiger)
Examples
北極熊は極地の氷原に住んでいるのだが、生息地を失い、絶滅するであろう。
The polar bear, which lives on the polar ice-cap, will lose its home and die out.
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armrest
Examples
保憲は脇息に身を預け、目前に出された朝餉に当惑の目を当てていた。
Yasunori leaned into the armrest and looked in bemusement at the breakfast laid before him.