唸うなる

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

growl; roar; howl

Used for deep, threatening, or powerful sounds made by animals, beasts, or sometimes natural forces personified like a beast.

• 犬いぬが見み知しらぬ人ひとに向むかって低ひくく唸うなった。

  The dog growled low at the stranger.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

hum; buzz; whiz; make a low dull sound

Describes a continuous low sound from machinery, wind, wires, engines, and similar sources.

• 古ふるい換かん気き扇せんが天てん井じょうで唸うなっている。

  The old ventilating fan is humming in the ceiling.

• 強つよい風かぜで電でん線せんが唸うなっていた。

  The power lines were humming in the strong wind.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

murmur in admiration; be deeply impressed

Often used as 思わず唸る, meaning to make a low sound or reaction because something is impressive, skillful, or excellent.

• 彼かれの包ほう丁ちょうさばきに、職しょく人にんたちも思おもわず唸うなった。

  Even the craftsmen murmured in admiration at his knife skills.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

chant in a strong low voice; sing or recite sonorously

A transitive use, especially for traditional chant, recitation, or performance such as 浪曲 or 謡曲; somewhat specialized and old-fashioned compared with ordinary 歌う or 語る.

• 宴えん席せきで祖そ父ふが浪ろう曲きょくを一ひと節ふし唸うなった。

  At the gathering, my grandfather chanted a passage of rōkyoku in a strong low voice.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be overflowing; be in enormous abundance

Mostly seen in the idiomatic pattern Nが唸るほどある, meaning there is so much of something that it seems to overflow; especially common with money.

• あの家いえには金かねが唸うなるほどある。

  That family has money to burn.