Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く)
1. to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
Kanji used
cry
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (11 in total)
tearfully; in tears; weeping; reluctantly; unwillingly; with a heavy heart
to sob; to be choked with tears
Examples (103 in total)
You're not crying, are you?
He was crying.
I can't help crying.
We are crying.
My friend is crying.
Stop crying.
Cry your heart out.
I rarely cry.
Eliza is crying.
"Don't cry," she said.
Men don't cry.
I didn't want you to see me crying.
Don't cry. There's nothing wrong.
He kept on crying.
She kept crying all the time.
A child is crying somewhere.
I'm sorry I made you cry yesterday.
I don't cry easily.
My mother wouldn't stop crying.
She cried bitterly.
I feel like crying now.
Pull yourself together, now. There's no point in crying.
It's not worth crying over.
Why are the clouds crying?
She was weeping alone.
Was the baby crying then?
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.
The little girl just kept crying.
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you cry.
Your eyes are red with crying.
My sister often cries.
Don't cry! I'll buy you a new one.
They laughed and cried at the same time.
At length, he began to cry.
Mama, why is that person crying?
It's OK to cry when you're sad.
The people cried for help.
Crying is an expression of grief.
Who will weep when I die?
Babies cry when they are hungry.
She tried not to cry.
He crouched and went on crying.
The child cried for the toy.
Please don't cry any more.
The nurse soothed the crying child.
Tell me why Tom is crying.
I was moved to tears by her speech.
Even men sometimes cry.
Tell me why she's crying.
When she heard that, she felt like crying.
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 cry every time I watch this movie.
Crying out, the little girl was looking for her mother.
I saw a little girl sitting by the road, crying.
When I heard the news, I cried.
The movie was so sad that everybody cried.
She cried until she ran out of tears.
The baby is crying because it is hungry now.
The baby has been crying for a long time.
I can't bear to see him cry like that.
"Why is Mary crying?" "Because of you."
She cried at the sight of her father's dead body.
The baby was crying in bed.
The hungry baby did nothing but cry.
Keiko buried her head in the pillow and cried.
We cry when we are very sad.
When she heard it, she just cried.
Now stop crying.
The boy told me why he was crying.
She did nothing but cry at the sight.
No matter how hard the training was, she never cried.
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.
She left the baby crying.
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.
When I came home, my mother was standing by the door in tears.
She was watching the film with her eyes red in tears.
Mother always cries when she listens to sad songs.
She felt like crying when she heard the news.
She cried for hours without ceasing.
Crying loudly, the little girl hurried to the door.
I'm not crying. There's just something in my eye.
Don't cry. Crying doesn't solve anything.
Why are you crying? That's disgusting.
There were several nights when I cried.
That child did nothing but cry all day.
The baby cried all night.
I tried to cheer her up, but she did nothing but cry.
The child is crying and stamping his feet.
The baby has been crying for almost ten minutes.