啼
啼

bark, chirp, cry

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テイ

Kun

な.く

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Common Words

鳴く啼くなくIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #3869
1

to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to whine; to sing; to chirp

Examples
カエルが鳴いたら帰ろう。
Let's return when the frog croaks.
あのかわいい鳥は来る日も来る日も鳴いてばかりいた。
That pretty bird did nothing but sing day after day.
羊は何て鳴くの？
What sound does a sheep make?
2

鳴く only; Mahjong

to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

鳴き声鳴声なきごえNounFreq #3983
1

cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar; bark; yelp; meow

Examples
鶏の鳴き声は夜明けの前触れです。
The crowing of a cock is the harbinger of dawn.
夜鳴きよなき夜啼きNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #105713
1

calling at night (of a bird, etc.); nocturnal song

さよなきどり小夜鳴き鳥小夜啼鳥サヨナキドリNounUsually kanaFreq #123330
1

nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)

子泣き爺子啼爺子なき爺子泣きじじいこなきじじいNounFreq #127399
1

Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry)

啼鳥ていちょうNounFreq #148682
1

Rare term

chirping bird; singing bird

啼泣ていきゅうNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #153444
1

crying aloud; wailing; bawling

なきうさぎ啼兎鳴兎ナキウサギNounUsually kanaFreq #186034
1

pika (rabbit-like animal of family Ochotonidae)

啼声ていせいNounFreq #194011
1

Obsolete term

cry (of an animal); call; chirp

落花啼鳥らっかていちょうExpression四字熟語Freq #294796
1

Rare term

the poetic feeling of a late spring scene (with flowers scattering and birds chirping)

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