noun
Refers to the act or sound of breathing heavily, often from exertion, pain, or emotional distress. Can be used literally or figuratively.
See also: 喘ぐ
階段を駆け上がった後、彼の喘ぎが聞こえた。
After running up the stairs, his gasping could be heard.
苦しそうな喘ぎ
Painful wheezing sounds were leaking from the hospital room.
noun
asthma
Rare, old-fashioned or literary term for asthma. In modern Japanese, 喘息 (ぜんそく) is the standard medical and everyday word.
古文書には「喘ぎ」を病名として記した例がある。
In old documents, there are examples where 喘ぎ is recorded as a name for a disease.
喘息 is the standard modern term for asthma, while 喘ぎ is an archaic or literary synonym rarely used today.
喘ぐ is the verb meaning 'to gasp' or 'to pant'; 喘ぎ is its derived noun form.
Derived from the verb 喘ぐ (あえぐ, 'to gasp, pant'), which is of native Japanese origin. The noun form 喘ぎ nominalizes the action.