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吹ふきかける

Meanings

Verb (1-dan, transitive)

1. to blow (on); to breathe (on); to spray (on)

両りょう手てを持もち上あげ、指ゆび先さきに息いきを吹ふきかける。Raise both hands and blow on the fingertips.

2. to pick (a fight); to provoke; to force (unreasonable terms); to demand (the impossible)

3. to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price); to overcharge

その店みせは観かん光こう客きゃくに高たかい値ね段だんを吹ふきかける。That shop asks tourists outrageous prices.

Alt. forms

吹ふきかける

吹ふき掛かける

ふきかける

吹ふき掛かける

Kanji used

blow

Pitch accent

ふ

きかけ

る

ふ

きかける

Conjugations...Used in: 1425

Composed of

blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

Examples (7 in total)

煙けむりを吹ふきかけないでくれよ。

Don't blow smoke at me.

ただ息いきを吹ふきかけるのではいけない。

Just blowing on it won't do.

彼かれは指ゆび先さきに息いきを吹ふきかけた。

He blew on his fingertips.