| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 耳鳴り | みみなり | tinnitus |
| 鳴動 | めいどう | rumbling |
| 雷鳴 | らいめい | thunder |
| 鳴く | なく | to sing (bird), to make sound (animal) |
| 鳴る | なる | to sound, to ring, to resound |
| 共鳴 | きょうめい | resonance, sympathetic (sound), (being in) sympathy |
| 怒鳴り込む | どなりこむ | to storm in with a yell |
| 怒鳴る | どなる | to shout, to yell |
| 悲鳴 | ひめい | shriek, scream |
| 泰山鳴動して鼠一匹 | たいざんめいどうしてねずみいっぴき | much ado about nothing, The mountains have have brought forth a mouse (Aesop) |
| 鳴き声 | なきごえ | cry (esp. animal), roar |
| 鳴らす | ならす | to ring, to sound, to chime, to beat, to snort (nose) |
| 鳴り | なり | ringing, sound |
| 鳴り物入り | なりものいり | a flourish of trumpets |
| 鳴門 | なると, なるとまき | steamed fish-paste cake, sliced to decorate soup (type of kamaboko) |
| 鶏鳴 | けいめい | cocks-crowing, dawn |