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嚥下

嚥下

See also: 咽下

Chinese

to swallow
 
under; second; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to decline; to go down; latter
trad. (嚥下)
simp. (咽下)

Verb

嚥下

  1. to swallow

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
えん
Hyōgaiji

Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

嚥下 (hiragana えんか, romaji enka)

  1. swallowing

Verb

嚥下する (transitive, hiragana えんかする, romaji enka suru)

  1. swallow
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
えん
Hyōgaiji

Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

嚥下 (hiragana えんげ, romaji enge)

  1. (physiology) swallowing
Derived terms

Verb

嚥下する (transitive, hiragana えんげする, romaji enge suru)

  1. (physiology) swallow
Conjugation

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9