毒どっ気き

noun

poisonous air; poisonous gas; toxic fumes

Only with reading どっき

Refers to harmful airborne substances. Reading is restricted to どっき.

• 火か山ざんの噴ふん火かで毒どっ気きが発はっ生せいした。

  Poisonous gas was emitted by the volcanic eruption.

noun

poisonous ingredient; toxic nature; toxicity

Only with reading どっけ / どくけ

Describes the inherent poisonous quality of a substance. Usually read どっけ or どくけ.

• この植しょく物ぶつの毒どっ気けは加か熱ねつしても消きえない。

  The toxicity of this plant does not disappear even when heated.

noun

malice; spite; ill will

Figurative use for a person's venomous attitude. Often appears in the phrase 毒気を抜かれる (to be overwhelmed by someone's malice).

• 彼かれの言こと葉ばには毒どっ気けがあって、聞きいていて不ふ快かいだった。

  His words were full of malice and unpleasant to hear.

• あの人ひとの毒どっ気けには本ほん当とうに参まいる。

  That person's spite really gets to me.