These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.
信号待ちの間に深呼吸
しんごうまちのまにしんこきゅうA deep breath while waiting at the lights.
すぐそばで、はあはあ弾ませている呼吸だけが聞こえてきた。
すぐそばで、はあはあはずませているこきゅうだけがきこえてきた。All that could be heard was the panting breath from very close by.