NichiDict

号泣

ごうきゅう
[goukyuu]

Meanings

1.NounNoun・suruIntransitive

crying loudly; bawling; wailing; lamentation

2.NounNoun・suruIntransitive

crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets; weeping

Examples

感動的な映画に号泣する観客が多かった。

Many audience members wept at the moving film.

子供を抱きしめて号泣する母親の姿があった。

There was the figure of a mother wailing while holding her child.

別れの場面で彼女は号泣した。

She burst into tears at the farewell scene.