NichiDict

うめく

呻く
[umeku]

Meanings

1.GodanIntransitive

to moan; to groan

Examples

痛みに堪えず呻いた

I groaned, unable to bear the pain.

患者が夜通し呻いている

The patient is groaning all night.

怪我の痛みに呻くほどの状態だった。

It was a state painful enough to make one groan from the injury.