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叫び

さけび

shout; scream; cry; outcry

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Examples

  1. 遠くで叫び声が聞こえた。

    とおくでさけびごえがきこえた。

    A scream was heard in the distance.

  2. 彼女の叫びが警察を呼び寄せた。

    かのじょのさけびがけいさつをよびよせた。

    Her scream brought the police.

  3. それは平和を求める人々の叫びだった。

    それはへいわをもとめるひとびとのさけびだった。

    It was the cry of people demanding peace.

Common patterns

叫び声
a scream; a shout
叫びを上げる
to let out a cry
心の叫び
the cry of one's heart

Memory tip

The noun of 叫ぶ. In everyday description the compound 叫び声 is far commoner; bare 叫び leans literary or figurative — 心の叫び, a cry for justice.

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