固唾を飲む (かたずをのむ) — to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.) | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

to hold one's breath (in fear anxiety and etc.)

Practice Writing

Character: 1/5

Stroke: 1/0

Component Analysis

固唾を飲む

to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)

かたずをのむ

固

harden, set, clot...

かた.める, かた.まる, コ

囗

box, box or enclosure radical (no. 31)

古

ふる.い, ふる-, コ

十

とお, と, ジュウ

口

くち, コウ, ク

唾

つば, つばき, ダ

口

くち, コウ, ク

垂

droop, suspend, hang...

た.れる, た.らす, スイ

千

丿

katakana no radical (no. 4)

えい, よう, ヘツ

十

とお, と, ジュウ

土

soil, earth, ground...

つち, ド, ト

千

十

とお, と, ジュウ

飲

drink, smoke, take

の.む, -の.み, イン

飠

( 食 ) eat, food, radical number 184

亽

𠆢

丶

dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)

卽

( CDP-8B7C ) promptly, namely

つ.く, すなわ.ち, ソク

欠

lack, gap, fail...

か.ける, か.く, ケツ

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