腹はらの虫むしが鳴なく

expression, godan verb (-ku)

one's stomach rumbles; one's stomach growls

Idiomatic expression for a stomach making noise from hunger. Literally 'the bug in one's belly cries'. Compare 腹の虫が鳴る, which is a variant using 鳴る (to sound) instead of 鳴く (to cry).

See also: 腹の虫が鳴る

• お腹なかが空すいて、腹はらの虫むしが鳴ないた。

  I was hungry and my stomach rumbled.

• 静しずかな教きょう室しつで、突とつ然ぜん腹はらの虫むしが鳴ないて恥はずかしかった。

  In the quiet classroom, my stomach suddenly growled and I was embarrassed.