One fun part of learning Japanese is the many interesting expressions this language has. Today I am going to introduce one that I came across recently while reading a novel.
The main character of this novel is walking through a dark forest late at night. He feels as if the animals in the forest are holding their breath as he walks by. The Japanese expression for “to hold one’s breath” is “息を殺す” (いきをころす), which literally means “to kill ones breath”.
Example:「私は息を殺して、様子を見守った」- I watched what was happening holding my breath.
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