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VocabJLPT N3

to resound

Godan VerbIntransitive Verb

Definitions

1. to resound
2. to be heard far away
3. to reverberate
4. to come (home)

This verb means to resound, echo, or reverberate, describing the way a sound carries and spreads through a space. It can be used both literally for physical sounds and figuratively, such as when words or music deeply affect someone emotionally.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

Don't tell me the TV from next door carries through the walls?

Sentence 2

Her words hit me deep, and I went quiet for a while.

Sentence 3

In a quiet place, even a small cough will echo.

Sentence 4

The song rang out through the streets, and the whole block seemed a little brighter.

Sentence 5

"That really hit me, what you just said," my friend told me.