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鳴く is an exact match with one form of the following word:
鳴く
BOOST
Reading : なく   
1. to sing (bird)
2. to bark; to purr; to make sound (animal)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 4 (among the 5,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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鳴く is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 73,000 (about 4,130,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1450 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 17927
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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Example sentences:
たくさん
むし
のはら
野原
いている

A lot of insects are chirping in the field.
わたし
あし
いぬ
いた

The dog gave a yelp when I trod on its paw.
あのかわいい
とり
いて
ばかりいた
That pretty bird did nothing but sing day after day.
なく
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 81,000 (about 3,000,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 15541
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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啼く
BOOST
Reading : なく   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 195,000 (about 303,000 results)
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メイ   な to chirp, to twitter   な to sound, to ring   ならす to make ring   
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チョウ   とり bird   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
reach
fire
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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テイ   な chirp, bark, cry   
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テイ    sovereign   
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
cover; covered   
キン   turban; cloth
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