なき -less Also a form of 泣き なき weeping 亡き なき deceased 鳴く なく stem to make sound (of an animal) N5 泣く なく stem to cry N4 哭く なく stem to cry (noisily) Meanings also 無き suffix, pre-noun adjectival, usually in kana -less; lacking; non-existing In sentences Furigana 欠点けってんなき人ひとはなし。 No man is without his faults. #175951 恒産こうさんなき者もの、恒心こうしんなし。 From hand to mouth will never make a worthy man. #173602 御お忘わすれ物ものなきようお願ねがいします。 Please leave nothing behind. #174241