呻く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
うめ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of (u, onomatopoeia) + めく (meku, to show signs of, to have the appearance of).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

呻く (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana うめく, rōmaji umeku)

  1. groan, moan

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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