How to say "ringing" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 高らかたからかna-adjectiveCovers ringing as a quality of a sound: loud, clear and sonorous, resounding through the air. It characterizes how a voice or bell sounds rather than naming the ringing itself.
- 鳴りなりnounThe noun for ringing itself — the sound something makes as it rings, such as a bell. Use it when 'ringing' is a thing you hear rather than a quality you describe.
For the descriptive sense — a sound that is loud, clear and sonorous — use 「高らか」; for ringing as a noun, the sound of something such as a bell, use 「鳴り」.
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