気き息そく

noun

breathing; breath

A somewhat formal or literary term for breathing or breath. In everyday speech, 呼吸 (こきゅう) is more common.

• 彼かれの気き息そくは荒あらく、苦くるしそうだった。

  His breathing was rough and seemed painful.

• 気き息そく奄えん々えんとして今いまにも消きえ入いりそうだ。

  He is gasping for breath and seems about to fade away.