吠ほえる

ほえる hoeru

to bark
to bay
to howl
to bellow
to roar
to cry

ichidan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

吠叫

Examples

Furigana

犬いぬが郵ゆう便びん屋やさんに吠ほえた。
The dog barked at the mailman.
狗对着邮递员叫。
Tatoeba #175337
犬いぬが吠ほえるたびに目めを覚さますな。
Wake not at every dog's bark.
别每次狗叫都醒过来。
Tatoeba #175338

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('98d2fa2ac3'); // 吠える

{
  "id": "98d2fa2ac3",
  "word": "吠える",
  "reading": "ほえる",
  "romaji": "hoeru",
  "meanings": [
    "to bark",
    "to bay",
    "to howl",
    "to bellow",
    "to roar",
    "to cry"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "v1",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1603420,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "犬が郵便屋さんに吠えた。",
      "furigana": "{犬|いぬ}が{郵便屋|ゆうびんや}さんに{吠|ほ}えた。",
      "en": "The dog barked at the mailman.",
      "tatoeba_id": 175337
    },
    {
      "ja": "犬が吠えるたびに目を覚ますな。",
      "furigana": "{犬|いぬ}が{吠|ほ}えるたびに{目|め}を{覚|さ}ますな。",
      "en": "Wake not at every dog's bark.",
      "tatoeba_id": 175338
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "51e2577eddd001d2db38f6408b8510e2703f3bac5bdfa827a00874e0f03e7b39",
    "meanings": [
      "吠叫"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "犬が郵便屋さんに吠えた。",
        "zh": "狗对着邮递员叫。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "犬が吠えるたびに目を覚ますな。",
        "zh": "别每次狗叫都醒过来。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/98d2fa2ac3",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1603420; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "21687c01de7efd69aa5f97c5561648467ca0582cd5494711902ad7b2882aaa86"
  }
}