吹

Meaning

吹 centers on moving air with the mouth: blowing, breathing out, or puffing. The extended senses of emitting and smoke come from the idea of air carrying something outward.

• 吹くふく
  N5

  to blow (of the wind)

• 吹奏楽すいそうがく

  wind music; wind instrument music

• 吹きふき

  blowing (e.g. of the wind)

• 吹っふっ

  indicates that the action is done forcefully

• 吹き替えふきかえ

  dubbing (of a film, etc. into a different language)

• 吹雪ふぶき
  N2

  snow storm; blizzard

• 吹き出しふきだし

  speech balloon (in a comic strip); speech bubble

• 潮吹きしおふき

  spouting (of a whale); blowing (water and air)

• 吹っ飛ぶふっとぶ

  to be blown off; to be blown away; to go flying

• 伊吹いぶき

  Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)

• 吹き飛ばすふきとばす

  to blow away; to blow off; to blow up

• 吹き抜けふきぬけ

  atrium; well (in building); vault

• 吹き飛ぶふきとぶ

  to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away

• 息吹いぶき

  breath

• 山吹やまぶき

  kerria (Kerria japonica); Japanese yellow rose

• 吹き込むふきこむ
  N1

  to blow in (of wind, rain, etc.)

• 吹聴ふいちょう

  spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming

• 笛吹きふえふき

  flute player; flutist; flautist; piper

• 吹き込みふきこみ

  blowing in

• 吹き出すふきだす
  N1

  to spout out; to spurt out; to gush out; to jet out

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