吐き気・吐気・嘔き気|はきけhakike[3]odaka (tail-high)
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- nounnausea; feeling like throwing up; feeling sick
- SynonymムカムカCasualColloquial mimetic for feeling queasy or for anger welling up; common in speech, and unlike 「吐き気」 it also covers anger.
- Synonym嘔気おうきWrittenWritten, medical term for nausea, seen in pairings like 「嘔気・嘔吐」; in everyday speech 「吐き気」 is the normal choice.
- RelatedむかつきNeutralNeutral noun from the verb 「むかつく」: a churning, nauseous stomach, but also inner displeasure; it stresses the feeling itself.
Everyday nausea is 「吐き気」, as in 「吐き気がする」. In medical or written prose use 「嘔気」; for a colloquial, mimetic feel use 「ムカムカ」, which also covers anger.
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