meri-meri
The ominous sound of something large cracking or splitting under stress — a tree trunk snapping, ice breaking, or wood splintering.
💡A tree falling in a storm — 'The trunk split meri-meri and the tree fell.'
木がめりめりと裂けて倒れた。
The tree split meri-meri and fell down.
During the typhoon, we heard the tree ___ cracking before it fell.
台風の時、木が○○と割れる音がしてから倒れた。