How to say "bark" in Japanese

• 吠えるほえるJLPT N3approx.Common
  ichidan verb, intransitive verbThe verb for an animal barking — a dog barking at a stranger, a guard dog barking all night. It also covers howling, baying and roaring.
  犬いぬが郵便ゆうびん屋やさんに吠ほえた。↗

  The dog barked at the mailman.
• 樹皮じゅひCommon
  nounThe noun for bark as the outer covering of a tree. Use it when talking about trees and their trunks, not about sounds or shouting.
  樹皮じゅひからエキスを抽出ちゅうしゅつする。↗

  Extract an essence from the bark of a tree.
• 一喝いっかつCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbA sharp, loud rebuke — the 'bark' of a person snapping at someone, not the sound a dog makes. It is a noun for the shout itself.
  父ちちに一喝いっかつされてそれを止とめた。↗

  I gave it up after my father had given me a good scolding.
• 鳴き声なきごえCommon
  nounThe noun for an animal's cry or call, so it covers a bark as a sound — 'the bark of a dog'. It is a general word for animal voices, not specific to dogs.
  鶏にわとりの鳴き声なきごえは夜明よあけの前触まえぶれです。↗

  The crowing of a cock is the harbinger of dawn.
• 剥ぐはぐJLPT N1approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbFor the verb 'to bark' meaning to strip bark off a tree. It is really a general verb for tearing or peeling things off, and seldom the word you want for the sound 'bark'.
  少年しょうねんは木きの皮かわを剥はいだ。↗

  The boy stripped a tree of the bark.

For animals, 「吠える」 is the verb and 「鳴き声」 the sound; for trees, 樹皮 is the bark itself and 「剥ぐ」 strips it off; 一喝 is a person's sharp bark of rebuke.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 吠えるほえるto bark
• 樹皮じゅひbark (of a tree, etc.)
• 一喝いっかつsharp, loud rebuke
• 鳴き声なきごえcry (of an animal)
• 剥ぐはぐto tear off
• 上皮うわかわouter layer (e.g. of skin)
• バークbark (of a tree, etc.)
• バークbarque (sailing ship with three or more masts)
• 木肌きはだbark (of a tree)
• 吠え声ほえごえbark
• 吠え立てるほえたてるto bark
• 粗皮あらかわbark
• 木の皮きのかわbark (of tree)
• 吠え出すほえだすto give mouth
• 上っ皮うわっかわouter layer (e.g. of skin)
• 表皮ひょうひbark
• 皮かわrind
• こんこんbark (of a fox)
• こんyelp (e.g. of a fox)
• うそぶくto bark