Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

    to be breathtaking; to be stifling

    それは息づまるような試合だった。
    It was a breathtakingly close game.
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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

breath, respiration, son, interest (on money), rest, coming to an end

Kun
いき
On
ソク
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
882 of 2500
Radical
heart
WaniKani
Level 12

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-6-4SKIP code
4k6.17The Kanji Dictionary
2633.0Four corner code
858deroo
606fUnicode hex code
1-34-09JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3844Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1850New Nelson (John Haig)
2647New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3278Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1693Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2301Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
610Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
657Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
872A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1224Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
628Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
10601Morohashi
332A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1242Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1308Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
454sakade
539Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
351henshall3
359Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1118Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
782Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
617Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xi1, xi2Pinyin reading
sigKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
12WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

packed, close, pressed, reprove, rebuke, blame

Kun
つ.めるつ.め-づ.めつ.まるつ.む
On
キツキチ
Strokes
13
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1020 of 2500
Radical
speech
WaniKani
Level 29

Built from

Used in names as

ずめづめ

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-7-6SKIP code
7a6.7The Kanji Dictionary
0466.1Four corner code
3077deroo
8a70Unicode hex code
1-21-45JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4359Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5609New Nelson (John Haig)
1521New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1920Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1021Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1380Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
343Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
367Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1035A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1507Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35440Morohashi
1144A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1142Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1195Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
901Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1665Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1576Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1678Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
349Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jie2Pinyin reading
hilKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
29WaniKani level