わめく

Japanese

Alternative spelling
喚く

Etymology

(wa, onomatopoeia[1][2]) + めく (-meku, to show signs of, to have the appearance of, to look like, to seem like, a verb-forming suffix[2][3])

Pronunciation

Verb

わめく • (wameku) intransitive godan (stem わめき (wameki), past わめいた (wameita))

  1. to scream (to make the sound of a scream)

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References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. わめく”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  4. 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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