いきぐるしい

Japanese

Alternative spelling
息苦しい

Etymology

From (いき) (iki) + (くる)しい (kurushii).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きぐるし [ìkígúrúshíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ikʲiɡɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝɕiː]

Adjective

いきぐるしい • (ikigurushii) -i (adverbial いきぐるしく (ikigurushiku))

  1. of difficulty breathing; difficult to breathe
    (いき)(ぐる)しい(きん)(ちょう)(かん)
    ikigurushii kinchōkan
    choking sense of anxiety
    (くう)()(わる)(いき)(ぐる)しい
    Kūki ga warukute ikigurushii.
    It's impossible to breathe because the air is so bad.

Inflection

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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