磨き砂

みがきずな みがきすな

polishing sand

砂吹き

すなふき

sand-blasting, sandblast

烏鳴き

からすなき

cry of the crow

夜鳴き

よなき

crying or singing (of bird, etc.) at night

鼠鳴き

ねずみなき

whistling of a prostitute (to attract customers)

小鳴き

ささなき

twittering of a bush warbler (esp. during winter), tiny twittering

長鳴き

ながなき

long crowing (warbling)

鳴き声

なきごえ

cry (esp. animal), roar, chirp, tweet, bark, whine, meow

初鳴き

はつなき

first song or chirp, etc. (in the year) of a particular bird or insect species

鳴き鳥

なきどり めいちょう

songbird, bird with a beautiful song

きび砂糖

きびざとう

light brown sugar

砂利敷き

じゃりじき

graveled, gravel-covered

砂

すな すなご いさご

sand, grit

鳴き頻る

なきしきる

to chirp or buzz constantly (usu. insects or birds)

鳴きまね

なきまね

mimicking a bird or animal call; imitating a call or a sound

求愛鳴き

きゅうあいなき

mating call

鳴き出す

なきだす

to start singing (of birds, etc.)

夜鳴き蕎麦

よなきそば

ambulatory evening vendor of noodles (or the noodles themselves)

鳴き交わす

なきかわす

to exchange wooing cries, to cry (howl) to each other