Vocab Info

A1 の-adjective, たる-adjective (formal), と-adverb

気息奄々(きそくえんえん)gasping for breath, at one's last gasp, breathing feebly, on the brink of death, more dead than alive

    Dictionary Definition

    1. の-adjective, たる-adjective (formal), と-adverb

      1. 1.

        gasping for breath, at one's last gasp, breathing feebly, on the brink of death, more dead than alive

        Yojijukugo

    All Forms

    気息奄々 【きそくえんえん】、気息奄奄 【きそくえんえん】

    Details

      • き

      • そ

      • く

      • え

      • ん

      • え

      • ん

    • Netflix Top 107,800

    Examples

    --:--

    • 気息奄々(きそくえんえん)な怪我(けが)人(にん)に手当(てあて)を施(ほどこ)す。

      Administering first aid to an injured person who is on the brink of death.

      • N1

    • 医師(いし)たちが気息奄々(きそくえんえん)な患者(かんじゃ)の手術(しゅじゅつ)をしています。

      The doctors are performing surgery on a patient who is on the brink of death.

      • N1

    • 不景気(ふけいき)のせいで、多(おお)くの企業(きぎょう)が気息奄々(きそくえんえん)な状態(じょうたい)である。

      Due to the recession, many companies are on the brink of collapse.

      • N1

    • 気息奄々(きそくえんえん)としていたあの怪我(けが)人(にん)は、結局(けっきょく)生(い)き延(の)びたのでしょうか？

      Did that injured person, who was on the brink of death, manage to survive in the end?

      • N1

    • いかなる処置(しょち)をすれば、気息奄々(きそくえんえん)な患者(かんじゃ)が元気(げんき)に回復(かいふく)するだろうか？

      What kind of treatment should be administered to help a patient who is on the brink of death recover their health?

      • N1

    • Get more example sentences!

      Premium users get access to all example sentences on all Vocab.

    Self-Study Sentences

    Study your own way!

    Add sentences and study them alongside Bunpro sentences.