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嚏くしゃみ

rarely used kana formrarely used kanji formusually written using kana alonenounnoun (generic)noun or participle taking the aux. verb するintransitive verbidiomatic expressionexpression

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くしゃみ

Meanings

sneeze, sneezing
spoken twice in response to someone sneezing as a charm against an early death

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Example sentences

くしゃみが止とまらなくて困こまっている。

I'm having trouble because I can't stop sneezing.

急きゅうにくしゃみが出でて、会議かいぎ中ちゅうに恥はずかしかった。

I suddenly sneezed and was embarrassed in the middle of the meeting.

大おおきなくしゃみをしたら、周まわりの人ひとに驚おどろかれた。

When I let out a big sneeze, the people around me were startled.

花粉症かふんしょうのせいで、春はるになると毎朝まいあさくしゃみが連続れんぞくして出でる。

Because of my hay fever, I sneeze repeatedly every morning when spring comes.

誰だれかがくしゃみをした際さい、日本にほんでは特別とくべつな言葉ことばをかける習慣しゅうかんは一般的いっぱんてきではない。

In Japan, it is not common practice to say a special phrase when someone sneezes.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)