How to Say "Yell" in Japanese

叫ぶ

sakebu[sa̠ke̞bɯ̟]

To yell in Japanese is 叫ぶ (sakebu).

叫ぶ is often used when someone is shouting out of fear, pain or intense emotion, such as a scream.

Meaning: shout (verb) (verb)

How does it change in a sentence?

The polite form of 叫ぶ is 叫びます. The past tense of 叫ぶ is 叫んだ.

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Japanese has a specific term 絶叫 (zekkyō) for a 'piercing scream', which is commonly used in the names of thrill rides at amusement parks.
In Japanese theater, particularly Kabuki, specific 'yells' or stylized shouts are used as rhythmic cues to signal changes in the performance's intensity.
Yelling in public is generally viewed as a sign of losing control, so Japanese speakers may use 大声を出す (ōgoe o dasu), meaning 'to let out a big voice', to sound more neutral.

先生は教室で生徒たちに大声を出した。
The teacher yelled at the students in the classroom.
友達と遊んでいる時に、大きな叫び声を上げた。
I yelled with a loud scream while playing with my friend.
彼は私に向かって怒鳴った。
He yelled at me.
子供たちは公園で騒いでいた。
The children were yelling in the park.

Two friends are watching a scary movie together.

大翔 Hiroto

今のシーン、怖かったね！
Ima no shiin, kowakatta ne!
That scene just now was scary!
美咲 Misaki

びっくりして叫ぶところだったよ。
Bikkuri shite sakebu tokoro datta yo.
I was about to yell because I was so surprised.
大翔 Hiroto

美咲は怖がりだなあ。
Misaki wa kowagari da naa.
Misaki, you are such a scaredy-cat.
美咲 Misaki

大翔だって叫んでたじゃない。
Hiroto datte sakendeta janai.
Hiroto, you were yelling too.

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