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JLPT N3 · Noun

咳 (seki)

咳 (せき, seki) is a Japanese noun meaning “cough; coughing”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
せき
Romaji
seki
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. cough; coughing; tussis · noun

Example sentences

せきには塩水のうがいが効く。
Gargling with salt water helps stop coughing.
Tatoeba #214049
母親はトムの咳のことを心配している。
Tom's mother worries about his cough.
Tatoeba #82805

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 咳

咳
cough, clear throatカイ・ガイ・せ.く・しわぶ.く · 9 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1204300 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.