すすり泣く
すすりなく
Also written 啜り泣く
Meanings
- Godan verb, Intransitive to sob
Kanji
- 泣 cry. Read as なく.
Example sentences
- 少女は教室の隅ですすり泣いていた。
The girl was sobbing in the corner of the schoolroom. - 彼女が部屋ですすり泣くのが聞こえた。
I could hear her sobbing in her bedroom. - 彼女は顔を上げずにすすり泣き続けた。
She continued sobbing without looking up. - あそこの校舎にある使用禁止のトイレ、夜中になると女の子のすすり泣く声が聞こえてくるんだって。
Apparently, you can hear a girl's sobs coming from the closed-off washroom in that school building at midnight.