Word · 単語
鳴く
Reading なく
to make sound (of an animal)
- 1 to make sound (of an animal), to call, to cry, to whine, to sing, to chirp
- 2 to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
N5
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例文 · examples
セミが鳴いている。
Cicadas are singing.
sense 1 · to make sound (of an animal)
カエルが鳴いたら帰ろう。
Let's return when the frog croaks.
sense 1 · to make sound (of an animal)
その動物はキーキー鳴いた。
The animal made a squeaking sound.
sense 1 · to make sound (of an animal)
猫はにゃーにゃーと鳴く。
Cats go "meow, meow."
うぐいすが鳴いているのが聞こえた。
I heard a Japanese nightingale.
sense 1 · to make sound (of an animal)