いきのね

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
息の根

Pronunciation

Noun

いきのね • (ikinone) ←いきのね (ikinone)?

  1. breath
    息(いき)の根(ね)を止(と)める
    iki no ne o tomeru
    to stop breath (euphemism for death)
    • 2019 July 4, Endo Tatsuya, “MISSION:2”, in SPY×FAMILY , volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 89:
      大変(たいへん)恐縮(きょうしゅく)なのですが ... 息(いき)の根(ね)止(と)めさせて頂(いただ)いてもよろしいでしょうか？
      Taihen kyōshuku nanodesuga ikinone tomesasete itadaitemo yoroshī deshō ka?
      I am very sorry, but would you mind if I take off your life?

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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