鳴

to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

to ring; to sound; to chime; to beat; to snort (nose); to snap (fingers); to crack (joints)

to be popular; to be esteemed; to be reputed

to state; to insist; to complain

Archaic

to fart (loudly)

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

鳴く only; Mahjong

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

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

to reverberate; to resound; to echo

to have one's fame spread; to be renowned

ringing; sound

to begin making a sound (ringing, singing, crying, etc.)

rumbling; (ringing) cadence

clapper

to resound (echo) far and wide

mimicking a bird or animal call; imitating a call or a sound

sounding continuously (phone, alarm, etc.)

From 鳴門海峡

strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; maelstrom

Abbreviation

kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern

Food, cooking

cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern

鳴門 only

Naruto (city in Tokushima)

鳴門 only; Abbreviation; From 鳴門海峡

Naruto Strait

鳴門 only; Abbreviation

Naruto wakame

to start singing (of birds, etc.)

flourish of trumpets; fanfare

musical instrument; music

accompaniment instruments used in kabuki (excluding the shamisen)

living in obscurity; lying low; remaining unnoticed

to exchange wooing cries; to cry (howl) to each other

to reverberate; to resound; to echo

to chirp loudly (insects, birds, etc.); to sing noisily

to quieten down; to fall silent

to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low; to keep a low profile

to chirp or buzz constantly (usu. insects or birds)

songbird; bird with a beautiful song

to stop making sounds (of an animal); to stop chirping; to stop crying