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咽
Hiragana
えん
Kanji
嚥
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Japanese Meaning
のみ下す。ごくりと飲み込む。 / 食べ物などを飲み込む動作や行為。嚥下。
Easy Japanese Meaning
のみこむいみをしめすことばにつくじ。おもに咽下にだけつかわれる
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
吞咽 / 咽下 / 吞下
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
吞嚥 / 嚥下 / 吞下
Korean Meaning
‘삼키다; 꿀꺽 삼키다’를 뜻하는 접사 / ‘嚥’의 이체자
Indonesian
menelan / meneguk / penelanan
Vietnamese Meaning
nuốt / nuốt xuống / nuốt chửng
Tagalog Meaning
paglunok / lumunok / lunukin
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Alternative form of 嚥 (en, “swallow; gulp down”): Only used in 咽下 (enka, enge, “swallowing (n.), to swallow (v.)”)
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Alternative form of 嚥 (en, “swallow; gulp down”): Only used in 咽下 (enka, enge, “swallowing (n.), to swallow (v.)”)
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He is complaining of difficulty swallowing.
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彼は咽下困難を訴えている。
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