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Meaning of 鳴く in Japanese
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鳴く, 啼くJLPT 5
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Kana Readingなく
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Romajinaku
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Word Senses
Examples of 鳴く, 啼く, なく in a sentence
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The pheasant would not be shot but for its cries.
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There's a bird singing in the cage, isn't there?
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What sound does a sheep make?
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Cats go mew, mew.
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It must be morning, for the birds are singing.
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Birds were singing up in the tree.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 鳴く
- Plain Polite
- 鳴きます
- Negative
- 鳴かない
- Negative Polite
- 鳴きません
Past
- Plain
- 鳴いた
- Plain Polite
- 鳴きました
- Negative
- 鳴かなかった
- Negative Polite
- 鳴きませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 鳴いて
- Plain Polite
- 鳴きまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 鳴かれる
- Plain Polite
- 鳴かれます
- Negative
- 鳴かれない
- Negative Polite
- 鳴かれません
Kanji in this word
鳴
JLPT 3
14 strokes
chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring, echo, honk
On'Yomi: メイ
Kun'Yomi: な.く, な.る, な.らす