How to say "roar" in Japanese

• 爆音ばくおんCommon
  nounThe roar of a machine — engines, jets, motorcycles — a deafening mechanical din; it also covers the sound of an explosion or detonation.
• 一喝いっかつCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbA roar in the sense of a sharp, loud rebuke: someone barking or roaring at another person in anger or to reprimand them, rather than a loud noise as such.
  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.
• 喚声かんせいCommon
  nounThe roar of a crowd: excited shouting from many people at once, as when spectators erupt in cheers at a match.
• 鳴るなるJLPT N4approx.Common
  godan verb, intransitive verbThe verb for roaring in the sense of a loud sound ringing out or resounding; thunder roaring overhead is the typical case.
  電話でんわは繰り返くりかえし鳴なっていた。↗

  The telephone rang repeatedly.
• 鳴き声なきごえCommon
  nounAn animal's roar as its cry or call: the roar of a lion or tiger, heard as the animal's own voice rather than mere noise.
  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.

Choose by source and part of speech: machines take 爆音, crowds 喚声, animals 「鳴き声」; 「鳴る」 is the verb for a sound resounding, and 一喝 is a person's angry roar at someone.

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

• 爆音ばくおん(sound of an) explosion or detonation
• 一喝いっかつsharp, loud rebuke
• 喚声かんせいshout (of excitement)
• 鳴るなるto sound
• 鳴き声なきごえcry (of an animal)
• 吠えるほえるto bark
• 咆哮ほうこうroar
• 雄叫びおたけびroar
• 轟くとどろくto roar
• 轟きとどろきroar
• ガオーroar
• 哮るたけるto roar
• 吠え声ほえごえbark
• 叫声きょうせいyell
• 快音かいおんpleasant sound
• 唸るうなるto roar
• 唸り声うなりごえgrowl
• 唸りうなりgrowl
• うそぶくto bark