呻く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
呻
うめ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of う (u, “ouch”) + めく (-meku, “to show signs of, to have the appearance of”).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

呻(うめ)く • (umeku) intransitive godan (stem 呻(うめ)き (umeki), past 呻(うめ)いた (umeita))

  1. groan, moan

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (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 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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