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Pronunciation / Transliteration: sasupensu
"その映画はサスペンスに満ちていた。"
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A state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen.
"The movie kept us in absolute suspense until the very end."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
From Old French suspense, from Latin suspensus, past participle of suspendere 'to hang up, suspend'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Suspense" is said worldwide
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suspense
Transliteration: syspɑ̃s
"Le livre maintient le lecteur en plein suspense."
Spannung
Transliteration: ˈʃpanʊŋ
"Der Film erzeugte große Spannung."
suspense
Transliteration: sasˈpɛns
"Il finale della storia era pieno di suspense."
suspenso
Transliteration: susˈpenso
"La película nos mantuvo en suspenso hasta el final."
suspense
Transliteration: susˈpẽsɨ
"Ele adora romances de suspense."
उत्कंठा
Transliteration: utkantha
"कहानी में बहुत उत्कंठा थी।"
悬念
Transliteration: xuánniàn
"这部小说充满了悬念。"
서스펜스
Transliteration: seoseupeunseu
"그 영화는 끝까지 서스펜스가 넘쳤다."
サスペンス
Transliteration: sasupensu
"その映画はサスペンスに満ちていた。"
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