いきのね

Japanese

Alternative spelling
息の根

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いきのね [íꜜkìnònè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ikʲino̞ne̞]

Noun

いきのね • (ikinone) ^{←いきのね (ikinone)?}

1. breath

   息(いき)の根(ね)を止(と)める

   iki no ne o tomeru

   to stop breath (euphemism for death)

   • 2019 July 4, Endo Tatsuya, “MISSION:2”, in SPY×FAMILY [SPY×FAMILY, Spy × Family], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 89:

     大変(たいへん)恐縮(きょうしゅく)なのですが ... 息(いき)の根(ね)止(と)めさせて頂(いただ)いてもよろしいでしょうか？

     Taihen kyōshuku nanodesuga ikinone tomesasete itadaitemo yoroshī deshō ka?

     I am very sorry, but would you mind if I take off your life?