なる
to ring, to beep
A bird's mouth going off in the quiet, except that it is your phone and the whole carriage is looking. You rue なる the day you left it on: なる.
Same reading as なる, to become, which is written in kana. 鳴る is a sound going off, and 鳴く なく is an animal making one.
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