Open Multilingual Wordnet 1.3

07126521-n 'the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat';

English	hem , ahem
Japanese	えへん

Definitions

Japanese: 喉のうがいをするのとよく似た音の発声
注意を引き、躊躇を表現し、停止し、当惑を隠して、友人、その他に警告することなどを意図した
English: the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat
intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc.

Relations

Hypernym:	utterance
Semantic Field:	communication_n

External Links

TempoWN: ◁ △ ▶ (Past: 0.000; Present: 0.001; Future: 0.328)

SentiWN: △ ▽ (+0.00 -0.00) MLSentiCon: ▲ ▼ (+0.25 -0.12)