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Kanji Detail for 吐 - "vomit, spit, expel"
吐
- Meaning
吐 means "vomit, spit, expel."
To vomit - To expel from the mouth.
To state - To utter words.
To disgorge - To throw up; also, what is thrown up.
To exhale - To breathe out.
To speak out - To say something undesirable.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
spit; vomit; belch; confess; tell (lies)
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
vomit, spew out, cough up
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to vomit, to spew out, to cough up; to say
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Things coming out of the mouth. Either distinguishing taste and not wanting to eat, or eating and the stomach can't accept it, then vomiting. There is vomiting due to illness, such as reflux and cholera. There is also vomiting as treatment. Medicine has three methods: sweating, vomiting, purging. Vomiting is also called the "emptying" method, removing undigested and unclean matter from the stomach. | Speech is also called 吐. Such as calling someone's diction 音吐. | To emit. Such as flowers blooming is called 吐秀. | To reveal. Such as 吐露情實, meaning revealing secret truths. | 吐納: Like breathing in and out. Daoist cultivation method is called 吐故納新, meaning expelling stale air and inhaling fresh air. | 吐哺: Meaning spitting out food while eating. In the past, Duke of Zhou as regent, when receiving worthy scholars, would spit out food three times during one meal. See (Records of the Grand Historian). Speaking of the urgency of seeking talent. | 吐棄: Meaning of disdain. Those with lofty ideals different from the common run are said to 吐棄一切.
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Sentences including 吐
吐いてしまいました。
I threw up my food.
嘘吐きものにされちゃった。
I was made out to be a liar.
３回吐きました。
I threw up three times.
吐き気がします。
I feel like throwing up.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
――嘔気はあるんですか」「どうですか、何とも書いてないから、大方ないんでしょう」「吐気さえ来なければまだ大丈夫ですよ」と奥さんがいった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
九月になったらまたあなたに会おうと約束した私は、嘘を吐いたのではありません。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
九月になったらまたあなたに会おうと約束した私は、嘘を吐いたのではありません。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha