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吸引

きゅういん

N1suction

Examples

掃除機が細かなほこりを強く吸引した。

装置で室内の煙を吸引して外へ出した。

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Study notes

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

  • Structure: Written 吸引 and read きゅういん, it is suction that draws air or material inward through a pressure difference.
  • Basic usage: It describes a vacuum pulling in fine dust and a device extracting smoke from a room.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

  • Technical suction rather than ordinary breathing
    • The word is especially common for purposeful mechanical or medical extraction.

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