► 成句
口 [(2)くち] [口が滑る] meaning: reveal rank: 2
☆ 思わず口が滑ってしまった ⇨ I let my mouth slip, let it out inadvertently
口 [(2)くち] [口を滑らせる] meaning: reveal rank: 2
☆ あいつが口を滑らせた ⇨ He is the one who let it slip. He ran his mouth
口 [(2)くち] [口を利く] [coll] meaning: talk rank: 2
☆ あの二人は口も利かない ⇨ Those two don’t even talk to each other
☆ 知ったような口を利くな ⇨ Don’t talk like you know everything
口 [(2)くち] [口を叩く] [coll] meaning: talk rank: 2
☆ あいつは大きな口を叩くが実際は何もしない ⇨ He talks big, smack, but won’t really do anything (☛ Always negative)
口 [(2)くち] [口を揃える] meaning: agree rank: 3
☆ 彼を知る人は皆口を揃えて彼のことを褒めた ⇨ The people who know him unanimously praised him (☛ Literally means “line up mouths”. Everybody says the same exact thing)
口 [(2)くち] [口を挟む] meaning: interrupt rank: 3
☆ 余計な口を挟むな ⇨ Don’t interrupt our conversation
口 [(2)くち] [口にする] [coll] meaning: say rank: 3
☆ 彼が一度その事を口にしたのを覚えている ⇨ I remember he once mentioned that
口 [(2)くち] [口に合う] [coll] meaning: taste rank: 3
☆ 御口に合いませんか？ ⇨ Doesn’t the food meet your mouth, taste? Is the food not to your liking? (☛ About food)
口 [(2)くち] [口を濁す] meaning: vague rank: 3
☆ 私が問い詰めると彼は口を濁した ⇨ I grilled him and he refused to answer clearly
口 [(2)くち] [口でする] [coll] meaning: blowjob rank: 4
☆ 口でしてあげようか？ ⇨ You want me to do with mouth? Do you want me to blow you?
口 [(2)くち] [口を噤む] meaning: silent rank: 4
☆ 関係者は皆事件について口を噤んだ ⇨ All the people involved kept mum about the incident
口 [(2)くち] [口を添える] meaning: support rank: 4
☆ その事は私からも社長に口を添えておくよ ⇨ I will add my words, give my support, to the president on that issue
► 名詞
口 [(2)くち] meaning: mouth rank: 1
☆ 口を閉じろ！ ⇨ Shut your mouth!
口 [(2)くち] meaning: opening rank: 1
☆ 口の大きな瓶 ⇨ A jar with a large opening
☆ 非常口、乗り口、降り口、南口 (ひじょうぐち、のりぐち、おりぐち、みなみぐち) ⇨ Emergency exit. Boarding entrance. Exit. South gate
口 [(2)くち] [口が大きい] meaning: talk rank: 2
☆ あいつは口は大きいが実力が伴わない ⇨ He has a big mouth, talks big, but is not actually very good
口 [(2)くち] [口が悪い] meaning: talk rank: 2
☆ 彼女は口が悪いから嫌だ ⇨ I don’t like her because she’s foul-mouthed, speaks ill of others
口 [(2)くち] [口が旨い] meaning: talk rank: 2
☆ 彼は口が上手過ぎて信用出来ない ⇨ He is too smooth-talking and cannot be trusted
口 [(2)くち] [口が汚い] meaning: talk rank: 2
☆ 彼は口が汚いから嫌だ ⇨ I don’t like him because he’s foul-mouthed
口 [(2)くち] [口が軽い] meaning: talk rank: 2
☆ 彼女は口が軽いから秘密は教えられない ⇨ Her mouth is light, she’s a tattletale, so you can’t tell her secrets
口 [(2)くち] [口が重い] meaning: talk rank: 2
☆ 彼が口が重くて何の情報も得られなかった ⇨ His mouth is heavy, he is tight-lipped, and I couldn’t get any information
口 [(2)くち] meaning: opportunity rank: 4
☆ 君に仕事の口があるよ ⇨ There is a job opportunity for you
► 接尾辞
口 [(2)くち] meaning: eat rank: 2
☆ 甘過ぎて一口食べてもう十分だった (ひとくち) ⇨ It was too sweet one bite and I had enough (☛ Used with Japanese native numbers)
口 [こう] meaning: opening rank: 2
☆ 排気口、吸気口、脱出口 ⇨ Exhaust opening. Intake opening. Escape opening
口 [(2)くち] meaning: count rank: 4
☆ 一口一万円の株 (ひとくち) ⇨ A stock ¥10K per unit (☛ A counting word for money transactions)
More examples:
- 出血を止めるために傷口を押える ⇨ Press down on a wound to stop bleeding
- 鈴木が野口を救援した ⇨ Suzuki relieved Noguchi (as a baseball pitcher)
- 口の乾きに悩まされている ⇨ I am having problems with dryness of my mouth
- 彼女はきつい口調で文句を言った ⇨ She complained with a harsh tone
- 出口はこっちです ⇨ The exit is this way
- 彼女は新しい銀行口座を開いた ⇨ She opened a new bank account
- 減らず口を利くな、叩くな ⇨ Don’t talk sass, crap
- 坊やがいっちょ前の口利くな ⇨ You little boy, don’t talk like a real man
- 斬新な切り口の社会評論 ⇨ A social criticism with a unique, refreshing, approach, point of view
- 銀行口座 ⇨ A bank account
- 口で言うのと実際にやるのは違う ⇨ Saying it (with your mouth) and doing it in reality are different
- 会社の銀行口座に代金が入金した ⇨ The payment was deposited in the company’s bank account
- 彼は入り口の前に立ちふさがった ⇨ He stood in front of the door (to block others from entering)
- 口説き台詞 ⇨
- 経口薬 ⇨ An oral medication