鳴る (Naru) is a Japanese godan verb meaning “to sound, to ring, to resound, to echo”.
Meanings
- godan verb, intransitive verbto sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
Examples
鐘が鳴っている。
The bell is ringing.
電話が数度鳴った。
The telephone rang several times.
突然、ベルが鳴った。
The bell rang suddenly.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).