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つかえが取れる (つかえがとれる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
expression, ichidan verb
feel relieved ; get a load off one's chest
idiomatic expression
Idiomatic expression often used with 胸 (chest) to describe the feeling of a worry or emotional blockage being removed. Literally 'the blockage comes off'.
真しん 実じつ を 知し っ て 、 ようやく つかえ が 取と れ た 気き が する 。
Now that I know the truth, I finally feel relieved.
Written forms つかえが 取と れる
Common kana-mixed spelling; the kanji 取れる is standard for 'to be removed'.
痞つか えが 取と れる
Kanji spelling using 痞 (blockage in the chest); less common but seen in literary contexts.
支つか えが 取と れる
Kanji spelling using 支 (obstruction); acceptable variant.
閊つか えが 取と れる
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form using 閊; rarely used in modern writing.
Kanji 痞 constipation, costiveness in chest or intestines 支 branch, support, sustain 閊 to be obstructed, to be blocked, (kokuji) Etymology From つかえ (blockage, obstruction) + が + 取れる (to come off, be removed). The word つかえ is related to the verb つかえる (to be blocked). The expression is idiomatic and often used metaphorically for emotional relief.
