I Love Kanji泣く (naku)
泣く (なく, naku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to cry; to shed tears”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- なく
- Romaji
- naku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to cry; to shed tears; to weep; to sob · godan verb, intransitive
- to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to face hardship · godan verb, intransitive · usu. as ...に泣く
- to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly; to make sacrifices · godan verb, intransitive
- to be not worth the name; to suffer (of a reputation); to be spoiled; to be put to shame · godan verb, intransitive
- to lament; to bemoan; to bewail · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 泣く
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 泣く | なく naku |
| Polite (~masu) | 泣きます | なきます nakimasu |
| Negative | 泣かない | なかない nakanai |
| Polite negative | 泣きません | なきません nakimasen |
| Past | 泣いた | ないた naita |
| Polite past | 泣きました | なきました nakimashita |
| Negative past | 泣かなかった | なかなかった nakanakatta |
| Te-form | 泣いて | ないて naite |
| Potential | 泣ける | なける nakeru |
| Passive | 泣かれる | なかれる nakareru |
| Causative | 泣かせる | なかせる nakaseru |
| Volitional | 泣こう | なこう nakou |
| Imperative | 泣け | なけ nake |
| Conditional (~ba) | 泣けば | なけば nakeba |
Kanji in 泣く
Source: JMdict entry 1229840 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.