泣く
なく
Meanings
- Godan verb, Intransitive to cry; to shed tears; to weep; to sob
- to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to face hardship (usu. as ...に泣く)
- to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly; to make sacrifices
- to be not worth the name; to suffer (of a reputation); to be spoiled; to be put to shame
- Godan verb, Transitive to lament; to bemoan; to bewail
Kanji
- 泣 cry. Read as なく.
Example sentences
- お願いだから泣かないで。
Please don't cry. - さぁ笑って、泣くのは後！
Smile now, cry later! - 君の目は泣いて赤いよ。
Your eyes are red with crying. - 君がそんなに悲しそうに泣くのは聞いていられない。
I can't abide hearing you cry so bitterly. - 泣く事は悲しみの表現だ。
Crying is an expression of grief.
Common phrases
- 泣き出す (なきだす) to burst into tears
- 一緒に泣く
- 子供が泣く
- 前で泣く
- 泣き始める (なきはじめる) to begin to cry
- 中で泣く
- 一人で泣く
- 怪我に泣く
- 大声で泣く
- 声で泣く
- 名が泣く (ながなく) to not be worthy of the reputation (e.g. restaurant, Diet member, etc.)
Related forms
- 泣かす (なかす) to make someone cry (transitive partner)
Words containing 泣く
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