Word details

口ごもる

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 口ごもる.

Dictionary

Entry

口ごもる口篭もる口篭る口籠る口籠もるくちごもるIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #8695
1

to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter

Examples
その来たばかりの子はおどおどして口ごもった。
The new boy had a nervous stammer.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

口

mouth

3 strokesFrequency 284JLPT N4Grade 1

On

コウク

Kun

くち
篭

seclude oneself, cage, coop, implied

16 strokesFrequency 2,237

On

ロウル

Kun

かごこ.めるこも.るこ.む

Nanori

ごめ
籠

basket, devote oneself, seclude oneself, cage, coop, implied

22 strokesGrade 8

On

ロウル

Kun

かごこ.めるこも.るこ.む

Nanori

ごめもり

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