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. 1 2 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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