yodan verb with 'ku' ending (archaic), intransitive verb
Archaic intransitive verb describing a loud, booming sound that fills a space. Modern Japanese typically uses 鳴り響く (なりひびく) instead.
See also: 鳴り響く (なりひびく)
The battle cry reverberated across the ancient battlefield.
Thunder resounds through the mountains.
Standard kanji spelling; 轟く conveys a loud, booming resonance.
Kana-mixed spelling, sometimes used for readability or when the kanji 轟 is not preferred.
Compound of 鳴り (nari, 'sounding') + 轟く (todoroku, 'to roar, reverberate'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the form follows a common pattern of intensifying a verb with a prefixed nominal element.