"鳴く" meaning in Japanese

See 鳴く in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [na̠kɯ̟]
Etymology: From Old Japanese, derived from 音 (na, “(emotional) sound, voice”, bound form) + く (-ku, verb suffix). Cognate with 泣(な)く (naku). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{ja-r|泣く|なく}} 泣(な)く (naku) Head templates: {{ja-verb|なく|type=1}} 鳴(な)く • (naku) godan (stem 鳴(な)き (naki), past 鳴(な)いた (naita)) Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo|な|4-k}} Forms: 鳴く [canonical] (ruby: ()), naku [romanization], 鳴き [stem] (ruby: ()), 鳴いた [past] (ruby: ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 鳴か [error-unrecognized-form], なか [error-unrecognized-form], naka [error-unrecognized-form], 鳴き [error-unrecognized-form], なき [error-unrecognized-form], naki [error-unrecognized-form], 鳴く [error-unrecognized-form], なく [error-unrecognized-form], naku [error-unrecognized-form], 鳴け [error-unrecognized-form], なけ [error-unrecognized-form], nake [error-unrecognized-form], 鳴かれる [passive], なかれる [passive], nakareru [passive], 鳴かせる [causative], 鳴かす [causative], なかせる [causative], なかす [causative], nakaseru [causative], nakasu [causative], 鳴ける [potential], なける [potential], nakeru [potential], 鳴こう [volitional], なこう [volitional], nakō [volitional], 鳴かない [negative], なかない [negative], nakanai [negative], 鳴かず [continuative, negative], なかず [continuative, negative], nakazu [continuative, negative], 鳴きます [formal], なきます [formal], nakimasu [formal], 鳴いた [perfective], ないた [perfective], naita [perfective], 鳴いて [conjunctive], ないて [conjunctive], naite [conjunctive], 鳴けば [conditional, hypothetical], なけば [conditional, hypothetical], nakeba [conditional, hypothetical], no-table-tags [table-tags], 鳴か [irrealis, stem], なか [irrealis, stem], naka [irrealis], 鳴き [continuative, stem], なき [continuative, stem], naki [continuative], 鳴く [stem, terminative], なく [stem, terminative], naku [terminative], 鳴く [attributive, stem], なく [attributive, stem], naku [attributive], 鳴け [realis, stem], なけ [realis, stem], nake [realis], 鳴け [imperative, stem], なけ [imperative, stem], nake [imperative], 鳴かず [negative], なかず [negative], nakazu [negative], 鳴けど [contrastive], なけど [contrastive], nakedo [contrastive], 鳴けば [causative], なけば [causative], nakeba [causative], 鳴かば [conditional], なかば [conditional], nakaba [conditional], 鳴きき [past], なきき [past], nakiki [past], 鳴きけり [past], なきけり [past], nakikeri [past], 鳴きつ [perfect], なきつ [perfect], nakitu [perfect], 鳴きぬ [perfect], なきぬ [perfect], nakinu [perfect], 鳴けり [continuative, perfect], 鳴きたり [continuative, perfect], なけり [continuative, perfect], なきたり [continuative, perfect], nakeri [continuative, perfect], nakitari [continuative, perfect], 鳴かむ [volitional], なかむ [volitional], nakamu [volitional]
  1. (of an animal) to call, to make noise; e.g., a bird's singing Categories (topical): Animal sounds Related terms: 鳴る (naru) (ruby: ())
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "泣く",
        "2": "なく"
      },
      "expansion": "泣(な)く (naku)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese, derived from 音 (na, “(emotional) sound, voice”, bound form) + く (-ku, verb suffix). Cognate with 泣(な)く (naku).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "鳴く",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "鳴",
          "な"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴き",
      "roman": "naki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "鳴",
          "な"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴いた",
      "roman": "naita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "鳴",
          "な"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-ku",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴か",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なか",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴き",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴く",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なく",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naku",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴け",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なけ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nake",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴かれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なかれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴かせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴かす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なかせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なかす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴ける",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なける",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴こう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なこう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴かない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なかない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴かず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なかず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴きます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なきます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴いた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ないた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴いて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ないて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴けば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なけば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴か",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なか",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴き",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴く",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なく",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naku",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴く",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なく",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naku",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴け",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なけ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nake",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴け",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なけ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nake",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴かず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なかず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴けど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なけど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakedo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴けば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なけば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴かば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なかば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakaba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴きき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なきき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakiki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴きけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なきけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴きつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なきつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakitu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴きぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なきぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴けり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴きたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なきたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakitari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鳴かむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なかむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakamu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "なく",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "鳴(な)く • (naku) godan (stem 鳴(な)き (naki), past 鳴(な)いた (naita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "な",
        "2": "4-k"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "naru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "鳴",
          "な"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "鳴る"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese godan verbs",
        "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
        "Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Japanese verbs",
        "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ja:Animal sounds"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A little bird sang outside my window.",
          "roman": "Mado no soto de kotori ga naita.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "窓",
              "まど"
            ],
            [
              "外",
              "そと"
            ],
            [
              "小",
              "こ"
            ],
            [
              "鳥",
              "とり"
            ],
            [
              "鳴",
              "な"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "窓の外で小鳥が鳴いた。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to call, to make noise; e.g., a bird's singing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "call",
          "call"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of an animal) to call, to make noise; e.g., a bird's singing"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of an animal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "なく"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[na̠kɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "鳴く"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 鳴く meaning in Japanese (9.5kB)

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "鳴く"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "鳴く",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "鳴く",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
    "鳴く"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "鳴く",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
    "鳴く"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "鳴く",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
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  "path": [
    "鳴く"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "鳴く",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "鳴く",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
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}

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