Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
うめ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 呻く (umeku, to groan, to moan).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(うめ) (umeki

  1. groan, moan

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN