► 副詞
しくしく [(1)しくしく] meaning: cry rank: 3
☆ 彼女はしくしく泣いている ⇨ She is crying quietly, softly (☛ Usually for women and children)
めそめそ [(1)めそめそ] meaning: cry rank: 3
☆ めそめそするな！ ⇨ Stop crying like a little wimp! (☛ Usually used against boys)
さめざめ [(2)さめざめ] meaning: cry rank: 4
☆ 彼女はさめざめと泣いていた ⇨ She was crying softly
わっと [(1)わっと] meaning: cry rank: 4
☆ 彼女は急にわっと泣き出した ⇨ She suddenly started to bawl (☛ Cry noisily)
► 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)
涙 [(1)なみだ] [涙する] [liter] meaning: cry rank: 3
☆ 彼女の言葉に皆涙した ⇨ Everybody was in tears for her words
涙ぐむ [(4)なみだぐむ] meaning: cry rank: 3
☆ 彼女は大学の卒業式で息子を見て涙ぐんだ ⇨ She saw her son at college graduation and cried (☛ Cry without making sounds)
号泣 [ごうきゅう] [号泣する] meaning: cry rank: 4
☆ 彼は娘が死んで号泣した ⇨ He cried uncontrollably when his daughter died (☛ Often about people who usually don’t cry in public cry hard when an unthinkable happens)
しゃくり上げる [(6)しゃくりあげる] meaning: cry rank: 4
☆ 女の子は何度もしゃくり上げながら泣いた ⇨ The girl sobbed hard, gasping repeatedly (☛ Sob with hard convulsive gasps)
啜り泣く [(4)すすりなく] meaning: cry rank: 4
☆ 会場のあちこちからすすり泣く声が聞こえた ⇨ You could hear people crying and sniveling everywhere in the hall
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
噎び泣く [(4)むせびなく] meaning: cry rank: 4
☆ 葬儀の最中あちこちから噎び泣く声が聞こえた ⇨ During the funeral you could hear muffled crying from everywhere (☛ Muffled, choked up crying)
哭する [(3)こくする] [liter] meaning: cry rank: 5
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痛哭 [つうこく] [痛哭する] meaning: cry rank: 5
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慟哭 [どうこく] [慟哭する] [liter] meaning: cry rank: 5
☆ 彼は子供の死を知って慟哭した ⇨ He learned the death of his child and cried (☛ Cry hard)
► 名詞
涙 [(1)なみだ] [涙が出る] meaning: cry rank: 1
☆ 嬉しくて涙が出た ⇨ Tears came out because of the joy
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)
べそ [(1)べそ] [べそをかく] [coll] meaning: cry rank: 3
☆ 子供は転んでべそをかいた ⇨ The kid fell and cried (☛ Children to cry)
嬉し泣き [うれしなき] meaning: cry rank: 4
☆ 彼女は嬉し泣きした ⇨ She cried tears of joy
嗚咽 [おえつ] [liter] meaning: cry rank: 4
☆ 会場のあちこちから嗚咽が聞こえた ⇨ You could hear sobbing from everywhere in the hall
男泣き [おとこなき] meaning: cry rank: 4
☆ 彼は遂に優勝して男泣きした ⇨ He finally won the championship and cried (☛ For a grown man to cry, typically overjoyed)
御涙頂戴 [(2)おなみだちょうだい] meaning: cry rank: 4
☆ お涙頂戴映画 ⇨ A tear-jerker, overly-sentimental, movie (☛ Literally “give me tears”)
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
噎び泣き [むせびなき] meaning: cry rank: 4
☆ 葬儀の最中あちこちから噎び泣きが聞こえた ⇨ During the funeral you could hear muffled crying from everywhere (☛ Muffled, choked up crying)
貰い泣き [もらいなき] [貰い泣きする] meaning: cry rank: 4
☆ 彼等が嬉し泣きしているのを見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 (☛ Sympathy crying)
► 形容詞
涙脆い [なみだもろい] meaning: cry rank: 4
☆ うちの母は涙脆い ⇨ My mother cries a lot