咳

• 読み: せき
• ローマ字: seki
• 漢字の分解: 咳 (seki) — cough
• 発音: /se.ki/

意味

Cough; coughing. The reflexive action of expelling air from the lungs.

A noun commonly used with が出る (to come out, i.e., to cough) and をする (to do, i.e., to cough). The verb form 咳をする is more natural in Japanese than saying 'to cough' as a single verb. Often appears in cold and flu contexts alongside 熱 (fever) and 鼻水 (runny nose).

例文

1. 風邪をひいて咳が止まらない。
2. 電車の中で咳をするときはマスクをしましょう。
3. 夜中に咳が出て眠れなかった。

使い方ガイド

場面: medical, daily life, public manners

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 咳 combines 口 (mouth) and 亥 (a phonetic component). It has been used since ancient times to represent the sound and action of coughing.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal