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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:
  • してくれと泣きついた ⇨ He cried and begged his parents to lend him some money
  • 赤ん坊がぴたりと泣き止んだ ⇨ The baby suddenly and completely stopped crying
  • 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)
  • 彼女を泣きはらしていた ⇨ Her eyes were puffy from crying
  • 彼女は泣きそうだった ⇨ She was just about to cry
  • 彼女えきれずに泣き出した ⇨ She couldn’t help it and started crying
  • は泣きかけたが誤魔化そうとしておどけた振りをした ⇨ He was about to cry but tried to clown around to make it look like he was not
  • 転んで泣きべそをかいた ⇨ The boy fell over and was about to cry
  • 彼女は泣きながらえた ⇨ She pleaded her case while crying
  • さっきまで大泣きしていた子供はけろっとしている ⇨ The kid who was crying like thunder a minute ago is now acting as if nothing happened
  • 子供ワーワー泣き出した ⇨ The kid started crying loudly
  • 彼女はわんわん泣き出した ⇨ She started crying loudly
  • 子供公共で泣き叫んでいるのにもしない ⇨ The parents are not doing anything even though their child is crying and screaming in public
  • 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
  • 泣き言を言うな ⇨ Don’t give me your sob stories. Don’t whine