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嘔吐 (おうと) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

嘔おう吐と

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と

Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

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noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

vomiting; emesis

medicine

Medical and formal term for vomiting. In everyday speech, 吐く (はく) or 戻す (もどす) are more common.

食しょく中ちゅう毒どくの症しょう状じょうとして嘔おう吐とが続つづいた。
Vomiting continued as a symptom of food poisoning.

患かん者じゃは昨さく夜やから何なん度ども嘔おう吐としている。

The patient has been vomiting repeatedly since last night.

Written forms

嘔おう吐とUsage94%
Standard kanji form; common in medical and formal contexts.
おう吐とUsage4%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form mixing kanji and kana; not a standard written variant.
おうとUsage2%

Kanji

嘔vomit, nauseated
吐spit, vomit, belch

Similar words

吐はく
Common everyday verb for 'to vomit' or 'to spit out'; less formal than 嘔吐.
戻もどす
Euphemistic everyday verb for 'to throw up'; softer than 吐く.

Etymology

Sino-Japanese compound of 嘔 (おう, 'to vomit') and 吐 (と, 'to spit out'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with medical vomiting.