泣き虫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
泣	虫
な Grade: 4	むし Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

泣虫

Etymology

泣き (naki, “crying”) +‎ 虫 (mushi, “bug”)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) なきむし [nàkímúꜜshì] (Nakadaka – [3])
- (Tokyo) なきむし [nàkímúshíꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
- IPA^(key): [na̠kʲimɯ̟ᵝɕi]

Noun

泣き虫 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 泣き蟲, hiragana なきむし, rōmaji nakimushi)

a crybaby (person whose feelings are easily hurt)

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