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窒: nitrogen

nitrogen; suffocate
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ちつ, usually ちっ: 窒素(ちっそ) "nitrogen", 窒息(ちっそく) "suffocation", 液体窒素(えきたいちっそ) "liquid nitrogen".

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Key words

窒素ちっそnitrogen
窒息ちっそくsuffocation
窒息死ちっそくしdeath by suffocation
液体窒素えきたいちっそliquid nitrogen

Example sentences

About eighty percent of air is made up of nitrogen.

I couldn't breathe in the smoke and nearly suffocated.

In science class, a rose put into liquid nitrogen froze rock hard.

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