慟哭

See also: 恸哭

Chinese

grief to cry; to weep
trad. (慟哭)
simp. (恸哭)

Pronunciation


Verb

慟哭

  1. (literary) to weep bitterly; to wail; to cry one's heart out

Japanese

Kanji in this term
どう
Hyōgai
こく
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーこく [dòókókú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [do̞ːko̞kɯ̟]

Noun

(どう)(こく) • (dōkoku

  1. (literary) wail, weep, cry

Verb

(どう)(こく)する • (dōkoku surusuru (stem (どう)(こく) (dōkoku shi), past (どう)(こく)した (dōkoku shita))

  1. (literary) to weep bitterly; to wail; to cry one's heart out
    (とも)()慟哭(どうこく)する
    tomo no shi ni dōkoku suru
    to wail friend's death

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN