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“Swallowing down the wrong pipe” in Japanese

Short answer
誤嚥 goen ごえん

Swallowing down the wrong pipe in Japanese is “誤嚥” (goen). Full meaning: breathing in (of a foreign body, food, etc.), pulmonary aspiration, mis-swallowing, swallowing down the wrong pipe.

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