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► 成句
泣き  [(2)なき]  [泣きを見る]  [coll]    meaning:  regret  rank: 3
☆ そんなをしてるとで泣きを見るぞ ⇨ If you keep doing that you will cry later and regret it

► 名詞
泣き  [(2)なき]  [泣きを入れる]  [coll]    meaning:  beg  rank: 4
☆ した相手が泣きをれてきた ⇨ The person I had lent some money cried and begged

泣き  [(2)なき]  [泣きが入る]  [coll]    meaning:  cry  rank: 4
☆ 従業員注意したら泣きが入った (なきがはいる) ⇨ I reprimanded my employee and she started crying


More examples:
  • 彼女途端泣した ⇨ The moment she saw his face she started crying
  • してくれと泣きついた ⇨ He cried and begged his parents to lend him some money
  • 彼等し泣きしているのをてもらい泣きしてしまった ⇨ I saw them crying tears of joy and that made me cry too
  • 葬儀最中あちこちからび泣きがこえた ⇨ During the funeral you could hear muffled crying from everywhere
  • 彼女を泣きはらしていた ⇨ Her eyes were puffy from crying
  • 彼女権力者強姦されて泣き寝入りするしかなかった ⇨ She was raped by a powerful man and there was nothing she could do but forget it
  • 彼女は泣き喚くばかりでこったのかからない ⇨ She just cries and screams and I can’t tell what happened
  • 赤ちゃんが泣き止まない ⇨ The baby won’t stop crying
  • さいは泣き虫だった ⇨ He used to cry a lot when he was little
  • 彼女一晩中泣した ⇨ She kept crying all night long
  • 泣き落とそうとするのはのいつものやりだ ⇨ It is his usual tactic to try to persuade someone by crying and begging (to win sympathy)
  • 彼女は泣き落としにかった ⇨ She resorted to crying and begging
  • 彼女は泣きそうだった ⇨ She was just about to cry
  • 転んで泣きべそをかいた ⇨ The boy fell over and was about to cry
  • 弁慶の泣き所とわれる (なきどころ) ⇨ The shin is called the weakness of Benkei. Getting hit in the shin will make even Benkei cry