鳴る

Kana: なる

to ring; to sound

Example sentence

朝、目覚まし時計が鳴ると起きます。

あさ、めざましどけいがなるとおきます。

I wake up when the alarm rings in the morning.

What 鳴る means

鳴る (なる) is a Japanese word meaning “to ring; to sound”. 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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