吐き気

Japanese

Kanji in this term
吐	気
は Grade: S	け Grade: 1
kun'yomi	goon

Alternative spellings
吐き氣 (kyūjitai) 吐気

Etymology

Compound of 吐(は)き (haki, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 吐(は)く (haku, “vomit”).) + 気(け) (-ke, “feeling”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はきけ [hàkíkéꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ha̠kʲi̥ke̞]

Noun

吐(は)き気(け) • (hakike)

a feeling of vomiting; nausea
Synonyms: 嘔気 (ōki), 悪心 (oshin)

気持(きも)ちが悪(わる)い。吐(は)き気(け)がする。
Kimochi ga warui. Hakike ga suru.
I'm feeling bad. And I feel like vomiting.
a strong dislike or disgust of somebody
Synonyms: 嫌悪 (ken'o), むかつき (mukatsuki)

その男(おとこ)は嫌(きら)いだ。そいつの顔(かお)を見(み)ただけで吐(は)き気(け)がする。
Sono otoko wa kirai da. Soitsu no kao o mita dake de hakike ga suru.
I hate the guy and feel nausea in just a glance.

Hyponyms

(feeling of vomiting):
- 乗(の)り物(もの)酔(よ)い (norimonoyoi): travel sickness
- 車(くるま)酔(よ)い (kurumayoi): carsickness
- 船(ふな)酔(よ)い (funayoi): seasickness

Coordinate terms

悪(お)寒(かん) (okan): feeling coldness caused by sickness

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN