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Native Script:日本語
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kokyū
"深い呼吸をするとリラックスできます。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The action of breathing; the movement of air into and out of the lungs.
"The patient's respiration rate was monitored closely throughout the night." - 2
The biochemical process in which living cells break down organic molecules to release energy.
"Cellular respiration produces ATP to fuel various biological functions in the body."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Middle English word 'respiracioun', stemming from the Latin 'respiratio', meaning 'a breathing'. It is built from the prefix 're-' (denoting repetition or reversal) and 'spirare' (to breathe), evolving historically to describe both the physical act of breathing and the cellular metabolic process.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Respiration" is said worldwide
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respiration
Transliteration: res-pi-ra-syɔ̃
"Une bonne respiration est essentielle pour la relaxation."
Atmung
Transliteration: ˈat.mʊŋ
"Die Atmung beschleunigt sich während des Trainings."
respirazione
Transliteration: re.spi.raˈt͡sjo.ne
"Il medico ha ascoltato la sua respirazione."
respiración
Transliteration: res.pi.ɾaˈsjon
"Los recursos respiratorios son vitales para pacientes con asma."
respiração
Transliteration: ʁes.pi.ɾaˈsɐ̃w
"Praticar yoga ajuda a controlar a respiração."
श्वसन
Transliteration: shvasan
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"व्यायाम के दौरान श्वसन दर बढ़ जाती है।"
呼吸
Transliteration: hū xī
Script: 中文汉字
"深呼吸可以帮助你放松身心。"
호흡
Transliteration: ho-heup
Script: 한국어 한글
"규칙적인 호흡은 건강에 매우 중요합니다."
呼吸
Transliteration: kokyū
Script: 日本語
"深い呼吸をするとリラックスできます。"
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