吐き出す

はきだす

Also written ほきだす

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Transitive to vomit; to spit out
2. to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to blow out; to spew out (e.g. smoke); to belch out; to emit; to disgorge (e.g. passengers)
3. to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
4. to give vent to (e.g. pent-up feelings); to let out
5. to output; to export

Kanji

• 吐 vomit. Read as はく.
• 出 out. Read as だす.

Example sentences

• つばを吐き出してください。
  Please spit.
• すぐに吐き出しなさい。飲み込んじゃうでしょ。
  Spit it out now. You're going to swallow it.
• 肺に溜まった煙を吐き出し、暗い公園に視線を向ける。
  I clear my lungs of the smoke lingering inside, and turn my eyes to a park shrouded in the dark.

Common phrases

• 口から吐き出す
• 息を吐き出す
• 水を吐き出す

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