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わめく (wameku) Japanese meaning: shout | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation わめく · godan verb (-ku)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary わめく わめかない Polite わめきます わめきません Past polite わめきました わめきませんでした Past わめいた わめかなかった Te-form わめいて わめかないで Desire わめきたい わめきたくない Potential わめける わめけない Passive わめかれる わめかれない Causative わめかせる わめかせない Causative passive わめかせられる also わめかされる わめかせられない also わめかされない Volitional わめこう Polite volitional わめきましょう Imperative わめけ わめくな Conditional わめけば わめかなければ Tara conditional わめいたら わめかなかったら
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He got angry and started shouting.
The children are yelling in the park.
Usage patterns 大おお 声ごえ でわめく to shout/yell loudly
The child screamed and cried loudly.
〈 人ひと 〉 が 〈 事こと 〉 とわめく for someone to yell out (something)
The man yelled out, "Help me!"
わめき 散ち らす to shout wildly/rant on and on
He got angry and ranted loudly, not caring who heard.
Related words 叫ぶ is a general word for shouting or screaming with a clear purpose or message, while 喚く emphasizes noisy, clamorous, emotionally charged outbursts.
怒鳴る means to shout angrily at someone in a scolding way, while 喚く can be angry but also covers crying out or making a racket without a direct target.
騒ぐ describes making noise or a fuss in general (including physical commotion), while 喚く focuses specifically on loud vocal outbursts.
わめく focuses on shouting or screaming loudly, while 騒ぎ立てる centers on stirring up a fuss or uproar, not just loud vocalizing.
Written forms わめく Usage 73%
Usually written in kana; the kanji form 喚く is also common, but 叫く is rare.
喚わめ く Usage 26%
Common kanji spelling; used in formal or literary contexts.
叫わめ く Usage <1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; learners should prefer わめく or 喚く.
Etymology A native Japanese verb of uncertain origin, conventionally written 喚く after the character’s meaning “cry out.”
