- neiki breathing of a sleeping person
Literary or written word for the soft breathing of someone asleep, often used to set a quiet scene.
赤ちゃんの寝息が聞こえる。
Akachan no neiki ga kikoeru.
I can hear the baby's sleeping breath.
静かな部屋に寝息だけが響く。
Shizuka na heya ni neiki dake ga hibiku.
Only the sound of sleeping breath echoes in the quiet room.
⚖️ Not to be confused with 寝言 (negoto), which means sleep talking, not breathing.
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