WORD DETAIL
吸引
きゅういん
Examples
Included kanji
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.

