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むせっぽい (museppoi) Japanese meaning: choking | Kotomora
Conjugation むせっぽい · i-adjective
Form Positive Negative Dictionary むせっぽい むせっぽくない Polite むせっぽいです むせっぽくないです also むせっぽくありません Past polite むせっぽかったです むせっぽくなかったです also むせっぽくありませんでした Past むせっぽかった むせっぽくなかった Te-form むせっぽくて むせっぽくなくて Adverbial むせっぽく Conditional むせっぽければ むせっぽくなければ Tara conditional むせっぽかったら むせっぽくなかったら
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へや
の
中なか
が
むせ
っぽく
て
、
窓まど
を
開あ
け
た
。
The room was so stuffy I opened the window.
In the choking, smoke-filled air, he coughed violently.
Kanji 咽 throat, choked, smothered Related words 息いき 苦ぐる しい 息苦しい is a more general term for 'hard to breathe' or 'oppressive', while むせっぽい specifically suggests an irritating, smoky, or dusty quality that triggers coughing or choking.
煙けむ たい 煙たい focuses on smokiness and the discomfort it causes, whereas むせっぽい can also describe stuffiness from dust, lack of ventilation, or heavy air.
Written forms 噎む せっぽい
Rare kanji spelling using 噎 (choking).
咽む せっぽい
Rare kanji spelling using 咽 (throat).
Etymology Derived from the verb 噎せる/咽せる (むせる, 'to choke') + the adjectival suffix っぽい (-ppoi, 'prone to, seeming like'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is conventionally associated with choking sensations.
