Translation guide
Describes a room or space that feels warm, close, and lacking fresh air, or a nose that is blocked.
The speaker wants to say a room, building, or vehicle feels warm, close, and uncomfortable because there is no fresh air.
Used when a room feels hot and humid, often in summer. Combines 'mushi' (steamy) and 'atsui' (hot).
This room is stuffy, isn't it?
Literally 'the air is trapped/stagnant'. A natural way to say the air feels stale and stuffy.
Means 'poor ventilation'. Describes a place that is stuffy because air doesn't circulate well.
The speaker wants to say their nose is congested, often due to a cold or allergies.
Standard way to say 'my nose is stuffy/blocked'.
The air is stuffy because we haven't aired the room.
This apartment has poor ventilation and gets especially stuffy in summer.
Means 'suffocating' or 'hard to breathe'. Used when the stuffiness is so bad it feels oppressive.
Please open the window. It's stuffy in here.
My nose is stuffy because of a cold.
Noun meaning 'nasal congestion'. Often used in the phrase 鼻づまりがひどい (my nose is really stuffy).
My nose is so stuffy I can't sleep.