Word details

口

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 口.

Dictionary

Entry

口くちFreq #238
1

Common noun

mouth

Examples
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."
2

Common noun

opening; hole; gap; orifice

Examples
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.
3

Common noun

mouth (of a bottle); spout; nozzle; mouthpiece

Examples
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.
4

Common noun

gate; door; entrance; exit

5

Common noun

speaking; speech; talk (i.e. gossip)

Examples
あの人は口と腹が反対だ。
He says one thing and means another.
6

Common noun

taste; palate

7

Common noun

mouth (to feed)

Examples
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.
8

Common noun

opening (i.e. vacancy); available position

9

Common noun

invitation; summons

Examples
あの仕事の口はまだあるよ。
The job offer still stands.
10

Common noun

kind; sort; type

11

Common noun

opening (i.e. beginning)

12

Suffix; Counter

counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money) and stove burners

13

Suffix; Counter; Often read ふり in museum, etc. contexts

counter for swords, blades, etc.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

口

mouth

3 strokesFrequency 284JLPT N4Grade 1

On

コウク

Kun

くち

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