Word Meaning くんくん鳴く

くんくんなく kunkunnaku

くんくん鳴く is read as くんくんなく (kunkunnaku) and means to whine (of a dog).

Meaning

English

  1. to whine (of a dog)

Reading

Kana

くんくんなく

Romaji

kunkunnaku

Writing Variants

  • クンクン鳴く くんくんなく kunkunnaku

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 148737 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

鳴く

なく

to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

悲鳴

ひめい

shriek

怒鳴る

どなる

to shout (in anger)

鳴らす

ならす

to fart (loudly)

鳴る

なる

to sound

鳴き声

なきごえ

cry (esp. animal)

共鳴

きょうめい

resonance

鳴り

なり

ringing

怒鳴り込む

どなりこむ

to storm in with a yell

鳴り物入り

なりものいり

flourish of trumpets

百家争鳴

ひゃっかそうめい

let a hundred schools of thought contend

鳴子

なるこ

clapper