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There are 12 total results for your 一息 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

一息

see styles
yī xī
    yi1 xi1
i hsi
 hitoiki
    ひといき
(1) one breath; (2) time of one breath; (3) pause; break; rest; breather; (4) (as 一息に) (doing in) one go; doing without stopping; (5) small amount of effort; a little more effort
A breath, i.e. inspiration-cum-expiration; a rest, or cessation.

一息峠

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 hitoikitouge / hitoikitoge
    ひといきとうげ
(place-name) Hitoikitōge

一息つく

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 hitoikitsuku
    ひといきつく
(exp,v5k) (1) to take a breather; to take a rest; (2) to catch one's breath; to take a breath

一息半步

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yī xī bàn bù
    yi1 xi1 ban4 bu4
i hsi pan pu
 issoku hanpo
Half a step at a breathing on arising from meditation.

一息吐く

see styles
 hitoikitsuku
    ひといきつく
(exp,v5k) (1) to take a breather; to take a rest; (2) to catch one's breath; to take a breath

一息坂峠

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 hitoikisakatouge / hitoikisakatoge
    ひといきさかとうげ
(place-name) Hitoikisakatōge

奄奄一息

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yǎn yǎn yī xī
    yan3 yan3 yi1 xi1
yen yen i hsi
dying; at one's last gasp

一息いれる

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 hitoikiireru / hitoikireru
    ひといきいれる
(exp,v1) to take a breather

一息入れる

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 hitoikiireru / hitoikireru
    ひといきいれる
(exp,v1) to take a breather

Variations:
一息つく
一息吐く

see styles
 hitoikitsuku
    ひといきつく
(exp,v5k) (1) (See 一息入れる) to take a breather; to take a rest; (exp,v5k) (2) to catch one's breath; to take a breath

Variations:
一息入れる
一息いれる

see styles
 hitoikiireru / hitoikireru
    ひといきいれる
(exp,v1) to take a breather; to take a rest; to take a break

Variations:
ほっと一息
ホッと一息
ほっとひと息
ホッとひと息

see styles
 hottohitoiki(hotto一息, hottohito息); hottohitoiki(hotto一息, hottohito息)
    ほっとひといき(ほっと一息, ほっとひと息); ホッとひといき(ホッと一息, ホッとひと息)
(exp,n) sigh of relief
This page contains 12 results for "一息" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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