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Japanese symbol for “whimpering”

Romaji: mesomeso
sobbing; weeping; whimpering

In Japanese, whimpering is (mesomeso).

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Meanings

  1. adv, adv-to, vs sobbing; weeping; whimpering

Written forms: . Readings: .

Other Japanese words for “whimpering”

WordReadingMeaning
べそべそ besobesowhimpering; sniveling; sobbing
クンクン kunkunwhining; whimpering

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.