Breath - Kisoku

Japanese: 気息 - きそく

〘 noun 〙① life. The way of living. Breathing. The act of living. ※Shoku Nihongi, Monmu 4th year (700), March Kimi: “Sit _upright _on a bed with rope around it , _{but there is} _no breathing _. ” ※Yōjōkun (1713), Vol. 8: “Keep your breathing still and do not let it get out of hand.” ② mood. temperament. ※Saikoku Risshihen (1870-71), translated by Nakamura Masanao, Vol. 12: “When I watched the people sitting, their breathing seemed even more relaxed.”

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Japanese:

〘名〙① いき。いきづかい。呼吸。いきづき。いきざし。※続日本紀‐文武四年（700）三月己未「端_二坐縄床_一、无_レ有_二気息_一」※養生訓（1713）八「気息(キソク)を静(しづか)にしてあらくすべからず」② 気持。気質。※西国立志編（1870‐71）〈中村正直訳〉一二「一坐の人を観るに気息更に寛舒なるが如く」

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