気息奄々

きそくえんえん

Also written 気息奄奄

Meanings

1. の-adjective, たる-adjective, Adverb gasping for breath; at one's last gasp; breathing feebly; on the brink of death; more dead than alive

Kanji

• 気 spirit. Read as キ.
• 息 breath. Read as ソク.
• 奄 cover; suffocate; obstruct. Read as エン.

Word lists

• Yojijukugo (四字熟語)

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