Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
いき
Grade: 3
き > ぎ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

From (iki, breath) + 切れる (kireru, break off, be interrupted).

Noun edit

(いき)() (ikigire

  1. breathlessness

Verb edit

(いき)()する (ikigire suruintransitive suru (stem (いき)() (ikigire shi), past (いき)()した (ikigire shita))

  1. get short of breath, get out of breath, be winded

Conjugation edit