noun
nose-blowing
Rare medical or formal term for the act of blowing one's nose. In everyday language, 鼻をかむ is used instead.
医学書では「擤鼻」という表現が使われることがある。
In medical books, the term 擤鼻 is sometimes used.
「こうび」は日常会話ではほとんど使われない。
こうび is hardly ever used in everyday conversation.
The standard everyday expression for blowing one's nose. 擤鼻 is a rare, formal noun equivalent.
Compound of 擤 (rare kanji meaning 'to blow one's nose') and 鼻 (nose). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is primarily a technical coinage.