Illustration: In a Japanese apartment living room, a baby cries in a cot with mouth wide open, eyes squeezed shut and tears gathering on the cheeks. Just beyond the open doorway, a parent carrying folded laundry abruptly turns their head toward the cot, shoulders lifted at the sudden sound.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

泣なき声ごえ

nakigoe

crying sound, sob

Example sentences

  1. 小ちいさな女おんなの子この泣なき声ごえが聞きこえた。

    I heard a little girl crying.

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  2. 子供こどもの泣なき声ごえが遠とおくから聞きこえてくる。

    The sound of children crying can be heard in the distance.

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  3. 今日きょうの朝あさも子供こどもの泣なき声ごえで目めが覚さめた。

    This morning, I woke up yet again to the sound of crying children.

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Kanji in 泣声

  • 泣cry; weepOnキュウKunなく
  • 声voiceOnセイ・ショウKunこえ・こわ-

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