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Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, intransitive)
1. to cry; to shed tears; to weep; to sob
I ended up crying at those words too.
2. to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to face hardship
usu. as ...に泣く
3. to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly; to make sacrifices
Sorry, but I need you to just accept it this time.
4. to be not worth the name; to suffer (of a reputation); to be spoiled; to be put to shame
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
5. to lament; to bemoan; to bewail
Alt. forms
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Pitch accent
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Conjugations...Used in: 386
Used in vocabulary (13 in total)
to sob
to not be worthy of the reputation (e.g. restaurant, Diet member, etc.); to not be worth the name; to not deserve to be called
to shed silent tears
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Examples (149 in total)
We are crying.
My friend is crying.
I can't help crying.
He was crying.
What are you crying for?
I felt pathetic and was about to cry.
Stop crying.
Cry your heart out.
I picked you up because you were crying, you know?
I rarely cry.
Eliza is crying.
A child is crying somewhere.
Why did you cry?
There's no need to cry.
I don't cry easily.
I'm sorry I made you cry yesterday.
My mother wouldn't stop crying.
I feel like crying now.
She cried bitterly.
"Don't cry," she said.
I almost cried.
Men don't cry.
I didn't want you to see me crying.
He kept on crying.
Don't cry. There's nothing wrong.
I didn't mean to cry.
She kept crying all the time.
Pull yourself together, now. There's no point in crying.
Don't cry. Crying doesn't solve anything.
Don't come crying to me later.
It's not worth crying over.
If you make my sister cry, I won't forgive you.
Why are you crying? That's disgusting.
She was crying in her room.
Was the baby crying then?
Only my grandmother cried.
There, there, don't cry anymore.
The believers were crying.
Actually, if anything, I wanted to cry.
Is he raging, or is he crying?
If you are going to cry, cry for your own sake.
The child is crying and stamping his feet.
What happened? Why are you crying?
The little girl just kept crying.
I'm so happy I could cry, though.
Hey, is it okay if I cry just a little?
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you cry.
They laughed and cried at the same time.
Your eyes are red with crying.
My sister often cries.
Don't cry! I'll buy you a new one.
Are you OK? You look like you're about to cry.
I don't know whether I should laugh or cry.
I don't know why he's crying.
You're not a child, so what are you crying for?
Is crying all the weak can do?
At length, he began to cry.
Mama, why is that person crying?
It's OK to cry when you're sad.
What kinds of movies make you cry?
The people cried for help.
Oh my! Is she weeping for joy?
Crying is an expression of grief.
Among them, there were also people who were crying.
Who will weep when I die?
It is heartrending, and I feel like crying.
She wept over her son's death.
She tried not to cry.
He crouched and went on crying.
My mother pulled the crying child into her arms.
I coaxed the crying child to sleep.
The two embraced each other and cried quietly.
The child cried for the toy.
Please don't cry any more.
Babies cry when they are hungry.
The nurse soothed the crying child.
She was crying and sniffling.
Tell me why Tom is crying.
I was moved to tears by her speech.
There were several nights when I cried.
Tell me why she's crying.
That night, I cried alone.
When she heard that, she felt like crying.
Please don't make such a teary-eyed face.
I ended up crying at those words too.
Even men sometimes cry.
He asked her why she was crying.
A girl stood there crying.
Her eyes were red from crying.
Do you know that crying boy?
I was about to cry, so I closed my eyes too.
Come to think of it, we're all crying our eyes out.
I cry every time I watch this movie.
Crying out, the little girl was looking for her mother.
No matter how much I cry, the tears never run out.
I saw a little girl sitting by the road, crying.
I couldn't just leave the girl crying right in front of me.
It's a loss, but we'll just have to swallow it this time.
When I heard the news, I cried.
She cried until she ran out of tears.
The movie was so sad that everybody cried.
The child clung to its mother's arm and cried.
The baby is crying because it is hungry now.
I quieted the crying child with some sweets.
The baby has been crying for a long time.
That child did nothing but cry all day.
He is indignant with a face that looks like he is about to cry.
Making a girl cry is the most contemptible thing you can do.
She cried at the sight of her father's dead body.
"Why is Mary crying?" "Because of you."
The baby was crying in bed.
The baby cried all night.
The hungry baby did nothing but cry.
We cry when we are very sad.
I tried to cheer her up, but she did nothing but cry.
Keiko buried her head in the pillow and cried.
Now stop crying.
The boy told me why he was crying.
She neither cried nor got angry; she just stayed silent.
When she heard it, she just cried.
Yesterday I saw a man who was crying bitterly.
She did nothing but cry at the sight.
He actually had an expression as if he were crying.
No matter how hard the training was, she never cried.
He said it while crying, and laughed with his shoulders trembling.
It's been raining for a while now. I wonder if somebody's heart is crying.
Recently, I've been crying every day. I feel too anxious about the future.
She asked him why he was crying, but he didn't answer.
He tried to comfort her, but she kept crying.
Don't make that face, buddy. I feel like crying too.
She left the baby crying.
The whole family is laughing while crying together as they look at it.
He saw at a glance that his daughter had been crying.
The boy tried to be a man and not cry.
She cried and cried, but no one came to comfort her.
I would cry, too, if that happened to me.
Children often cry just to attract attention.
Julia felt like crying after she heard that news.
One day in October, when Sadako awoke, she found her mother crying.
Everyone was crying back then, but this time is different.
When I came home, my mother was standing by the door in tears.
Every time I listen to this song, I cry.
I remember crying when I first heard the story.
She felt like crying when she heard the news.
The reason your eyes and nose are pink is probably because you have been crying for a long time.
Crying loudly, the little girl hurried to the door.
Chris gently embraced me as I continued to cry, unable to stop my tears.
I was on the verge of tears at his actions, which showed no concern even for his own safety.
The baby has been crying for almost ten minutes.