Illustration: In an apartment living room, a small dog stands rigidly over its favorite soft toy as a robot vacuum approaches. Its head is lowered, upper lip lifted, teeth slightly exposed, and throat visibly tense with a sustained growl. Its front paws remain firmly planted on either side of the toy.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

うなる

unaru

to growl, to howl

Example sentences

  1. その犬いぬは小ちいさな男おとこの子こに向むかって唸うなった。

    The dog growled at a little boy.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. いぬは見知みしらぬ男おとこに向むかってうなった。

    The dog growled at the strange man.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 風かぜが音おとをたてて唸うなるのは、天狗てんぐの声こえだと考かんがえられた。

    People thought the howling wind was the voice of a tengu.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

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