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口 - N3 Kanji

Meaning of 口 意味

mouth

口 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI 音読み

くち kuchi

KUNYOMI 訓読み

コウ kou
ク ku

Examples

あの仕事の口はまだあるよ。The job offer still stands.
あの人は口と腹が反対だ。He says one thing and means another.
外米はぼそぼそしていて、日本人の口には合わない。Foreign rice is hard and tasteless, and doesn’t appeal to the Japanese palate.
瓶の口までいっぱいに入れて空気が入らないようにしなさい。Fill the bottle to the top so as to exclude all air.
私たちはそのまま洞窟の口にボートで突っ込んで行きました。We plunged into the cave opening on our boat and continued on.
椅子に横たわる私に、歯科衛生士の女性が「はい、お口を開けてください」と言ったのです。The woman dental hygienist said to me, lying down in the chair, “Right, please open your mouth.”
思いは口に出る。What the heart thinks, the mouth speaks.
口を閉じなさい。Shut your mouth.
私達は口で食べる。We eat with our mouths.
口自慢の仕事下手。Great talkers are little doers.

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