酸欠

Reading

Kana: さんけつ
Romaji: sanketsu
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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lack of oxygen; oxygen deprivation; suffocation

Kanji

Readings: サン、 す.い
Meanings: acid, bitterness, sour, tart
Readings: ケツ、 ケン、 か.ける、 か.く
Meanings: lack, gap, fail, yawning radical (no. 76)

Example Sentence

彼女(かのじょ)(さん)(けつ)()んだ。
➥She died for lack of air.
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