Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, intransitive)
1. to blow (of the wind)
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
2. to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to blow on (hot tea, candles, etc.); to puff
3. to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to whistle (a tune)
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
4. to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout; to spew; to puff out
5. to sprout; to put forth (buds)
6. to appear (on the surface); to form; to be coated with (powder, rust, etc.)
Verb (5-dan, く, intransitive)
Slang
7. to burst out laughing; to burst into laughter
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
8. to brag; to talk big
9. to smelt; to mint
Pitch accent
Top 14400
Used in vocabulary (15 in total)
to boast; to brag
to boast; to brag
to boast; to brag
Examples (32 in total)
There was a strong wind.
The wild wind was blowing.
A gentle wind was blowing.
Tom can't whistle.
A cool wind is blowing from the sea.
An icy north wind is blowing.
Tom can play the flute.
The cold wind is blowing from the sea.
There was a cold wind blowing from the north.
The wind is blowing, and the flags are fluttering.
There's a nice breeze here.
Ted likes playing the trumpet.
A strong wind blew all day long.
I play trumpet in a symphonic wind orchestra.
There was a strong wind that day.
A wind from the ocean blows at this time of the year.
During the night the wind blew cold.
Make a wish and blow out the candles.
Neither Tom nor Mary plays the clarinet.
A strong wind is blowing and I can't walk fast.
Cold winds blow hard every winter.
The referee blew his whistle to end the match.
There is usually a cool breeze here in the evening.
The wind was blowing violently, and to make matters worse, it began raining.
Though it stopped raining, the wind was still blowing hard.
The policeman blew his whistle for the car to stop.
He could always tell which direction the wind was blowing.
The wind blew even harder when we reached the top of the hill.
The wind is blowing from the east.
The wind is blowing from the west.
Rose was blowing bubbles.
In the last typhoon, the wind blew at over 200 kilometers per hour!