Word Meaning ため息をつく

ためいきをつく tameikiotsuku

ため息をつく is read as ためいきをつく (tameikiotsuku) and means to sigh.

Meaning

English

  1. to sigh
  2. to breathe a sigh

Reading

Kana

ためいきをつく

Romaji

tameikiotsuku

Writing Variants

  • 溜息をつく ためいきをつく tameikiotsuku
  • 溜息を吐く ためいきをつく tameiki o tsuku

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 141918 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

一息つく

ひといきつく

to catch one's breath

息巻く

いきまく

to rage

消息

しょうそく

(someone's) whereabouts

安息日

あんそくび

(Judeo-Christian) Sabbath

息子

むすこ

penis

利息

りそく

interest (on a loan, deposit etc.)

いき

breath

休息

きゅうそく

rest

息切れ

いきぎれ

running out of steam (of the economy, a project, etc.)

一息

ひといき

one breath

生息

せいそく

inhabiting

生息地

せいそくち

habitat

Example Sentences

4

Don't sigh.

He let out a dejected sigh.

With a sigh, the boys left one another.

And then I breathe a sigh from melancholy in being unable to do anything about it.