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奄: cover

cover; gasping; Amami
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Rare: mostly in 気息奄奄 (gasping, nearly dead) and in the island name 奄美 (Amami).

Key words

気息奄奄きそくえんえんgasping, nearly dead
奄奄えんえんgasping
奄美の黒兎あまみのくろうさぎAmami rabbit

Example sentences

After the long climb, we reached the mountain hut gasping and nearly dead on our feet.

The old dog looked up at its master, breathing faintly.

The Amami rabbit is a rare animal that lives only on Amami Oshima and Tokunoshima.

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