Japanese

Verb

呻く ‎(intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana うめく, romaji umeku)

1. groan, moan

Usage notes

This term is usually written in hiragana.

Related terms

• 唸 (うな)る ‎(unaru)

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3