cough

IPA(Pronunciation)

/kɒf/

Verb

intransitive followed by "up" sometimes transitive

(intransitive) To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion. / (transitive, sometimes followed by "up") To force something out of the throat or lungs by coughing.

Japanese Meaning

（自動詞）肺から空気を一気に、騒がしく吐き出す、すなわち「咳をする」こと。 / （他動詞、時に「up」が付く）喉や肺から何かを無理に押し出す、すなわち「咳き込んで何かを出す」行為。

What is this buttons?

I tried not to cough during the quiet part of the concert.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

コンサートの静かな部分で、私は咳をしないようにした。

Details

Sense（1）

(intransitive) To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion.

One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.

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