空から咳せき

noun

dry cough; hacking cough

A cough without phlegm, often persistent and irritating.

• 空から咳せきが一いっ週しゅう間かんも続つづいている。

  I've had a dry cough for a whole week.

• 彼かれは空から咳せきをして、喉のどの痛いたみを訴うったえた。

  He gave a hacking cough and complained of a sore throat.

noun

intentional cough (to get attention)

A deliberate cough used as a signal, often to alert someone to your presence or to express disapproval.

• 部屋へやに入はいる前まえに、わざと空から咳せきをして存そん在ざいを知しらせた。

  Before entering the room, I gave an intentional cough to announce my presence.