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Meanings
Noun
1. weeping; lamenting
Other spellings
泣なき
Kanji in other spellings
泣cry
Pitch accent
なき
Used in vocabulary
泣なき声ごえ
cry (e.g. of a baby); sob; whine; tearful voice; weepy voice
Noun
泣なき顔がお
crying face; face of a person who is crying
Noun
泣なき虫むし
crybaby; blubberer
Noun
泣なき寝ね入いり
crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation
Noun
夜よ泣なき
crying (of an infant) at night; baby colic
Noun
泣なき所どころ
weak point; vulnerable point; Achilles' heel
Noun
男おとこ泣なき
man's weeping (esp. of someone not prone to tears)
Noun
泣なき言ごと
complaint
Noun
泣なき笑わらい
laughing while crying; smiling through one's tears; (alternately) laughing and crying; tears and laughter; joy and sorrow
Noun
もらい泣なき
crying in sympathy; infectious crying
Noun
泣なき女おんな
professional female mourner; keener
Noun
泣なき上じょう戸ご
maudlin drinker; person who is prone to crying when drunk
Noun
Examples11
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
He cried and cried.
The child was crying for her mother.
She stopped crying altogether.
The baby stopped crying.
It was not until the child was fed that he stopped crying.