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怒鳴る

どなる

to shout; to yell

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Examples

  1. 父に大声で怒鳴られた。

    ちちにおおごえでどなられた。

    My father yelled at me loudly.

  2. 彼は電話で怒鳴っていた。

    かれはでんわでどなっていた。

    He was shouting into the phone.

  3. 子供を怒鳴っても何も解決しない。

    こどもをどなってもなにもかいけつしない。

    Yelling at a child solves nothing.

Common patterns

大声で怒鳴る
to shout at the top of one's voice
怒鳴りつける
to bawl someone out
怒鳴り声
a shouting voice

Memory tip

The 怒 in 怒鳴る tells you it is shouting in anger. 叫ぶ is just shouting loudly, which can be for help, for joy, or across a distance.

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