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Japanese word 鳴る: to sound / to ring / to make noise. Meanings and example sentences.

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鳴る (なる): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

鳴る (なる) means to sound / to ring / to make noise.

See example sentences below.

鳴る at a glance

鳴る
なるnaru
N4verb
to sound / to ring / to make noise
鳴るなるnaruN4Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning of 鳴る

Core meaning

to sound / to ring / to make noise

Basic example sentences

Example 1

電話が鳴る。

Translation

The phone is ringing.

Example 2

鳥が朝早く鳴いた。

Translation

The bird chirped early in the morning.

鳴る (なる): meaning and examples | Daily Nihongo