呻き

Japanese

Kanji in this term
呻
うめ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 呻く (umeku, “to groan, to moan”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うめき [ùmékíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝme̞kʲi]

Noun

呻(うめ)き • (umeki)

groan, moan

Derived terms

呻(うめ)き声(ごえ) (umekigoe, “groan, moan”)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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