Illustration: In a small Japanese office kitchenette, an employee faces a sink piled with coworkers' used mugs. He keeps washing while muttering sideways to a colleague, eyebrows pinched and lower lip pushed forward. One wet hand repeatedly gestures at the unreasonable pile.

ぼやく

boyaku

to grumble, to complain

Example sentences

兄あには暑あつすぎるとぼやいた。
My older brother grumbled that it was too hot.
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友達ともだちは宿題しゅくだいの多おおさをぼやいていた。
My friend was complaining about how much homework there was.
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電車でんしゃがまた遅おくれたと、父ちちがぼやく。
My father grumbles that the train is late again.
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