Illustration: A glass wind bell hangs beneath the eaves of a Japanese home beside an open sliding window. A sudden breeze tilts its blank paper strip, and the clapper visibly touches the glass rim.

JLPT N4verbLevel estimated by Bebop

鳴なる

naru

to ring, to sound

Example sentences

電話でんわは繰くり返かえし鳴なっていた。
The telephone rang repeatedly.
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鐘かねが鳴なっている。
The bell is ringing.
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ブザーがなった。
The buzzer sounded.
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Kanji in 鳴

鳴chirp; cryOnメイKunなく・なる・ならす

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