VOCABULARY
息が詰まる
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to feel stifled / to hold one's breath
feel suffocated, feel oppressed, feel stifled, have difficulty breathing
idiom
phrase
Example sentences
この職場の空気は息が詰まる。
The atmosphere at this workplace makes me feel stifled.
緊張で息が詰まりそうだった。
I felt suffocated from the tension.
厳しい両親のもとで息が詰まった。
I felt oppressed living under my strict parents.
満員電車は本当に息が詰まる。
A packed train really makes it hard to breathe.
Practice exercises
1
彼の厳しい視線に、その場にいるだけで息が詰まる。
With his stern gaze, just being in that place felt stifling.
Answer
息が詰まる息が詰まります
2
満員電車で、人が多すぎて息が詰まった。
In the crowded train, there were too many people, so I felt suffocated.
Answer
息が詰まった息が詰まりました
3
彼は完璧主義の父の期待の中で息が詰まっているように感じていた。
He felt as if he was being stifled under the expectations of his perfectionist father.
Answer
息が詰まっている息が詰まっています
4
毎日同じことの繰り返しで、この単調な生活には息が詰まりそうだ。
It's the same thing every day; this monotonous lifestyle makes me feel stifled.
Answer
息が詰まり
5
狭い部屋にいると息が詰まる。
Being in a cramped room makes me feel stifled.
Answer
息が詰まる息が詰まります