泣く

Kana: なく

to cry

Example sentence

赤ちゃんが泣くと、みんな心配します。

あかちゃんがなくと、みんなしんぱいします。

When the baby cries, everyone worries.

What 泣く means

泣く (なく) is a Japanese word meaning “to cry”. It belongs to the Actions & Verbs topic and appears at Level 2, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.

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