咳せき込こむ

Written forms

• 咳せき込こむUsage47%

  Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.

• せきこむUsage14%
• 咳せきこむUsage12%

  Variant with kana きこ.

• 咳せき込こむUsage10%

  Variant without okurigana き.

• 咳せきこむUsage9%

  Variant with kana こ.

• せき込こむUsage8%
  search-only kanji form

  Search-only form; not a standard spelling.

Kanji

• 咳cough, clear throat
• 込crowded, mixture, in bulk

Similar words

• 咳せき

  咳 is the noun 'cough'; 咳き込む is the verb for a violent coughing fit.

• むせる

  むせる means to choke or cough on food/drink; 咳き込む is a fit of coughing, not necessarily from choking.

Etymology

Compound of 咳 (seki, 'cough') + 込む (komu, 'go into, do thoroughly'). The 込む suffix adds the sense of doing something intensely or deeply.