Meaning

Primary

Crybaby

Word Type

noun

Explanation

You've seen that 泣く is to cry, so you can probably guess that 泣き is just "cry." You've also seen how is rarely a nice thing to call someone. So what's a mean thing you can call someone who cries? How about a crybaby?

Reading

なきむし
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The readings come from 泣く and . So long as you're okay with those two words you should be able to read this one too.

Context

Context Sentences

泣き虫コウちゃーん、ほら、コウちゃんの好きなトンネルだよーっ!

Hey, crybaby Ko-chan. Here comes a tunnel you like.

コウイチだけがビエトが泣き虫だということを知っている。

Only Koichi knows Viet is a crybaby.

ウチの子の高熱が中々下がりません。いつもは泣き虫なんですが、今は泣く元気も無いようで、心配です。

My kid's high fever doesn't seem to be coming down. She is usually a crybaby, but it seems like she doesn't even have energy to cry now and I'm worried.

Kanji Composition