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鳴く
なく
N5
godan verb
transitive 他動詞
intransitive 自動詞
Meanings
1
to make sound (animal)
2
to make sound (of an animal)
3
to call
4
to cry
5
to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
Example sentence
朝、鳥が鳴いています。
あさ、とりが ないて います。
Birds are singing in the morning.
Your sentences
Mine a sentence — saw 鳴く in the wild?
Kanji in this word
鳴
Chirp, Cry, Bark
14 strokes
More words with
鳴
悲鳴
ひめい ·
shriek
N1
怒鳴る
どなる ·
to shout
N2
鳴り
なり ·
ringing
鳴き声
なきごえ ·
cry (of an animal)
鳴らす
ならす ·
to ring
N3
Full entry on Jisho
鳴る
なる ·
to sound
N4
鳴門
なると ·
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow
怒鳴り込む
どなりこむ ·
to storm in with a yell
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