Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
哭く

Etymology edit

From Old Japanese, derived from (na, (emotional) sound, voice, bound form) [1] + (-ku, verb suffix). Cognate with () (naku).

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "泣く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
泣く [nàkú]
Imperative (命令形) 泣け [nàké]
Key constructions
Passive 泣かれる かれる [nàkárérú]
Causative 泣かせる かせる [nàkásérú]
Potential 泣ける ける [nàkérú]
Volitional 泣こう [nàkóꜜò]
Negative 泣かない かない [nàkánáí]
Negative perfective 泣かなかった かなかった [nàkánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 泣きます きま [nàkímáꜜsù]
Perfective 泣いた いた [nàítá]
Conjunctive 泣いて いて [nàíté]
Hypothetical conditional 泣けば [nàkéꜜbà]

Verb edit

() (nakugodan (stem () (naki), past ()いた (naita))

  1. (intransitive) to cry; to weep; to sob
    • Rumiko Takahashi, “PART(パート).(はち) (かく)(とう)(えん)(げい)(かい)”, in らんま½, volume 5 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 137:
      て、(てん)(どう)あかねっ‼なんてことをするんだっ‼
      Te, Tendō Akane'‼ Nan te koto o suru n da'‼
      Te— Tendō Akane!! How could you!?
      ()んじゃないっ‼
      Naku n ja nai'‼
      Quit wailing, will you!?
    • 2005 November 9, Nobuhiro Watsuki, “()(ソウ)(レン)(キン)ファイナル”, in ()(ソウ)(レン)(キン), volume 9 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 180:
      バカヤロオォ‼(ゆる)さねぇぞ ()(とう)ォ!よくも(せん)(ぱい)()かせやがって…‼
      Baka yarōo‼ Yurusanē zo Mutōo! Yoku mo senpai o nakaseyagatte…‼
      Bastard!! I won’t forgive you, Mutō! How dare you make senpai cry…!!
  2. (intransitive) to howl
  3. (transitive) to grieve over something

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References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  • 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN