響く
ひびく
to echo, resound
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Examples
鐘の音が町に響いた。
かねのおとがまちにひびいた。
The sound of the bell echoed through town.
この部屋はよく声が響きますね。
このへやはよくこえがひびきますね。
Voices really carry in this room, don't they?
先生の言葉が今も心に響いている。
せんせいのことばがいまもこころにひびいている。
My teacher's words still resonate with me.
Common patterns
- 音が響く
- a sound echoes
- 心に響く
- to touch one's heart
- 声が響く
- a voice carries
Memory tip
Beyond literal echoing, 心に響く is very common for words or music that move you. 響く is intransitive, so the sound is the subject: 音が響く, never 音を響く.
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