► 副詞
泣く泣く [なくなく] meaning: reluctant rank: 3
☆ 彼女は子供を泣く泣く養子に出した ⇨ She very reluctantly gave up her baby for adoption (☛ Literally means “crying and crying”. Reluctant but has no other choice)
► 動詞
泣く [(2)なく] meaning: cry rank: 1
☆ うちのお母さんはすぐに泣く ⇨ My mom cries easily
☆ 赤ちゃんが泣いている ⇨ The baby is crying
泣かす [なかす] meaning: cry rank: 2
☆ うちの娘が息子を泣かせた ⇨ My daughter made my son cry
泣き付く [(3)なきつく] meaning: beg rank: 3
☆ 彼は親に金を貸してくれと泣きついた ⇨ He cried and begged his parents to lend him some money (☛ Used figuratively. Beg for something desperately in tears)
泣かせる [なかせる] meaning: cry rank: 3
☆ 泣かせる話 ⇨ A story that makes you cry. A tear-jerker
泣きじゃくる [(5)なきじゃくる] meaning: cry rank: 3
☆ 泣きじゃくる子供 ⇨ A child crying uncontrollably
泣ける [なける] [coll] meaning: cry rank: 3
☆ 泣ける映画 ⇨ A movie that makes you cry (☛ Can cry)
泣き崩れる [(5)なきくずれる] meaning: cry rank: 3
☆ 彼女は彼の棺の前で泣き崩れた ⇨ She dropped to the floor crying in front of his coffin (☛ Collapse to the ground while crying in grief)
泣き喚く [(4)なきわめく] meaning: scream rank: 3
☆ 彼女は泣き喚くばかりで何が起こったのか分からない ⇨ She just cries and screams and I can’t tell what happened (☛ Scream sentences while crying)
泣き叫ぶ [(4)なきさけぶ] meaning: scream rank: 3
☆ 子供が公共の場で泣き叫んでいるのに親は何もしない ⇨ The parents are not doing anything even though their child is crying and screaming in public (☛ Scream while crying)
泣かされる [なかされる] meaning: suffer rank: 3
☆ 彼女は夫の酒癖の悪さに散々泣かされた ⇨ She was made to cry, suffered a lot, by her husband’s drinking problem
泣き腫らす [(4)なきはらす] meaning: cry rank: 4
☆ 彼女は目を泣きはらしていた ⇨ Her eyes were puffy from crying
泣き落とす [なきおとす] meaning: persuade rank: 4
☆ 泣き落とそうとするのは彼のいつものやり方だ ⇨ It is his usual tactic to try to persuade someone by crying and begging (to win sympathy)
► 成句
泣き [(2)なき] [泣きを見る] [coll] meaning: regret rank: 3
☆ そんな事をしてると後で泣きを見るぞ ⇨ If you keep doing that you will cry later and regret it
► 名詞
泣き言 [なきごと] meaning: complain rank: 3
☆ あいつは泣き言が多い ⇨ He tells a lot of sob stories. He whines a lot
☆ 泣き言を言うな ⇨ Don’t give me your sob stories. Don’t whine
泣き虫 [(2)なきむし] meaning: cry rank: 3
☆ 彼は小さい時は泣き虫だった ⇨ He used to cry a lot when he was little (☛ Doesn’t have the connotations of “crybaby=someone who whines a lot”. Instead someone who is a weakling and cries easily)
泣きべそ [(3)なきべそ] [泣きべそを掻く] meaning: cry rank: 3
☆ 男の子は転んで泣きべそをかいた ⇨ The boy fell over and was about to cry (☛ About children)
泣き寝入り [なきねいり] [泣き寝入りする] meaning: give up rank: 3
☆ 彼女は権力者に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 (☛ Literally means “go to sleep crying”)
泣き所 [なきどころ] meaning: weak rank: 3
☆ 層が薄い所がチームの泣き所だ ⇨ The lack of the depth is the weakness of the team (☛ Literally means “point that makes one cry (when hit)”)
泣き [(2)なき] [泣きを入れる] [coll] meaning: beg rank: 4
☆ 金を貸した相手が泣きを入れてきた ⇨ 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
☆ 従業員に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
泣き落とし [なきおとし] meaning: persuade rank: 4
☆ 彼女は泣き落としに掛かった ⇨ She resorted to crying and begging