いきのね

Japanese

Alternative spelling
息の根

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いきのね [íꜜkìnònè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ikʲino̞ne̞]

Noun

いきのね • (ikinone) ^{←いきのね (ikinone)^?}

breath
息(いき)の根(ね)を止(と)める
iki no ne o tomeru
to stop breath (euphemism for death)
- 2019 July 4, Endo Tatsuya, “MISSION:2”, in SPY×FAMILY [SPY×FAMILY, Spy × Family], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 89:
  
  大変(たいへん)恐縮(きょうしゅく)なのですが ... 息(いき)の根(ね)止(と)めさせて頂(いただ)いてもよろしいでしょうか？
  Taihen kyōshuku nanodesuga ikinone tomesasete itadaitemo yoroshī deshō ka?
  I am very sorry, but would you mind if I take off your life?

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN