くち
Meanings
Noun
1. mouth
2. opening; hole; gap; orifice
3. mouth (of a bottle); spout; nozzle; mouthpiece
4. gate; door; entrance; exit
5. speaking; speech; talk (i.e. gossip)
6. taste; palate
7. mouth (to feed)
8. opening (i.e. vacancy); available position
9. invitation; summons
10. kind; sort; type
11. opening (i.e. beginning)
Counter
Suffix
12. counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), and swords
Pitch accent
Top 10000
Used in vocabulary (206 in total)
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
way of speaking; intimation
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
way (of doing); method
moustache; mustache
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
scolding; faultfinding
whistle (sound made with the lips)
mimicking someone's speech; imitating someone's way of speaking; mimicry
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech; (arch.) divining good or bad luck from listening to someone
entrance; threshold; beginning; first step; start
to taste; to try (food or drink)
lipstick
acting as go-between; good offices
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
aftertaste; later (in line or in turn, etc.)
leading a horse, cow, etc.; groom; horse boy; hors d'oeuvre; appetizer
making a living; means of living; livelihood
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
number of words a person speaks; number of dependents; number of mouths to feed; number of shares, items, applications, etc.
drinker; person who can hold their drink
retort; back talk; backchat
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
way of speaking; profession
rich (taste); dark-coloured; thick; dark soy sauce
fast-talking; rapid talking
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout
lipped bowl; one side of a story or argument
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
slow of speech; prudent
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
quarrel; dispute; argument
verbal promise; one's word
opening (of a bottle); broaching; beginning; opening; commencement (e.g. of sales)
voluble; eloquent
(in the shape of a) mouth; mouthpiece (of a cigarette); manner of speech
harelip; cleft lip
chum; pal; dagger; stiletto; unbalanced record of wins between two wrestlers
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
interference; meddling; butting in
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
inarticulate; clumsy with words; poor at speaking
different item; different lot
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
to be careful in speech
spiritualism; spiritism; channeling; medium; channeler
arranging beforehand to tell the same story; getting the stories straight; coordinating one's stories
all bark and no bite; unable to live up to one's claims
fast-talking; always having another argument ready; not able to keep one's mouth shut; never at a loss for words
having bad breath; having halitosis
quarreling; quarrelling
drawstring (e.g. on a bag)
something unspoken; non-functional mouth
spoken language; spoken words; language
talkative; voluble
method; way
to put into the mouth; to eat
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
to rush out from one's mouth (words, phrases, etc.)
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice
quarrel; dispute; argument
quarrel; dispute; argument
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
way of reciting; way of telling a story
sarcastic; foulmouthed; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
what people say; rumours; public opinion
to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip
word of mouth; comments written online (about a product, service, etc.); online reviews
the beginning (as in "this is only the beginning"); lowest division in sumo
illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication; frontispiece
having a loose tongue; being talkative; speaking without thinking; being unable to keep a secret
taste; smooth talking; reception; hospitality
to be the first to speak; to break the silence; to open something for the first time; to broach (e.g. a cask); to break a seal
removing a bad taste; cleansing one's palate; palate cleanser; intermezzo; dish or beverage to cleanse one's palate between dishes of a meal
unable to speak; inarticulate; mute; speechless; tongue-tied
look who's talking; I don't want to hear it from you; are you in any position to say that?
honeymouthed; glib; fair-spoken; cajoling; talking glibly
gossipy; abusive; critical; jabbering
to feign innocence; to feign ignorance; to wipe one's mouth
nagging; critical; talkative; gossipy
mimicking someone's speech; imitating someone's way of speaking; mimicry
lip-syncing; lip-synching
lip-syncing; lip-synching
starting point for an ascent (mountain, stairs, etc.); base (of mountain, etc.)
taste (of a liquid, esp. alcoholic beverages); someone who enjoys alcohol; place one's lips touch on the rim of a cup; shape of one's mouth when drinking; tap; faucet
nightfall; early evening
to say something better left unsaid; to go too far (by saying something rude)
all talk (and no action)
all talk (and no action)
reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
always having a comeback; fast-talking
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
loose-tongued; talkative
top (of a flight of stairs); exit involving a descent (e.g. from a bus)
muzzle
to become the subject of rumours or conversations
dragon-head gargoyle; gutter spout
incommunicative; taciturn
to say time and time again; to say till you're blue in the face
to repeatedly admonish; to tell over and over
to throw in a suggestion
honeymouthed; glib; fair-spoken
words can lead to disaster; the tongue is the root of calamities; the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it
to put in a word for; to second; to support
using the strongest words possible
zip it (when used to others); I'll shut up (when used by oneself); button (one's) lips
boastful; conceited; bragging; impudent
eloquent; glib; talkative; smooth talker; glib talker
duck face; duck lips; facial expression where the lips are pursed and corners of the mouth raised
duck face; duck lips; facial expression where the lips are pursed and corners of the mouth raised
method of attack; place of attack
mouth with a protruding lower lip and jaw
to arrange not to contradict each other
craving for food, a cigarette, etc.; longing to have something in one's mouth
craving for food, a cigarette, etc.; longing to have something in one's mouth
cut end; section; opening; slit
slow of speech; prudent
(mouth) gag; muzzle
to talk about (something)
one can say more with a look than with ten thousand words; the eyes cannot belie one's true thoughts; the eyes are the windows to the soul; eyes are as eloquent as the tongue
light (flavor); lightly-seasoned; thin (porcelain, paper, etc.); thinly made; thin soy sauce; light soy sauce
glib; smooth-talking; silver-tongued
(in the shape of a) mouth; mouthpiece (of a cigarette); manner of speech
technique; techniques
to be eloquent; to have a way with words
edges of the mouth
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
unable to speak; inarticulate
melt-in-the-mouth feeling
to carry out fellatio; to give someone head
half share
oral respiration; mouth breathing; breathing through one's mouth
entry (esp. to vehicles); entrance; (arch.) equipage for restraining and mounting horses
to say the same thing over and over again; to talk until one is blue in the face
to be summoned (i.e. of a geisha, by a customer); to be offered (the job of ...); to be invited (to do ...)
what people say; gossip; rumours; rumors
talkative; loquacious; garrulous; having a large family to support; having too many mouths to feed
dried sea-cucumber ovaries
previous preconception; previous engagement
to eke out a living; to barely manage to get by
dumbfounded; open-mouthed
to talk; to call; to invite; to call a geisha or prostitute over
to incur the wrath of god (e.g. by speaking ill of somebody behind their back); to get into trouble; to warp one's mouth
small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)
being good at conversation; conversationalist; good talker; smooth-talker
directly (from someone's mouth); in one's own words
to be used to eating the best; to have a refined palate
talking back; retort
rumouring; gossiping; nagging; faultfinding
tantalizing sample (of food); tantalising sample (of food)
talking a lot; talkative person
start broaching (a subject); opening remark; event at the start of the tenth month of the lunar calendar; opening a sealed jar or container
inarticulate; clumsy with words; poor at speaking
break; split
to be a topic of conversation; to be made much of; to be taken in
kanji "mouth" radical at left (radical 30)
repeat mindlessly; speaking in a similar manner
words can lead to disaster; the tongue is the root of calamities; the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it
words can lead to disaster; the tongue is the root of calamities; the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it
hand, foot and mouth disease; HFMD
random talk
accustoming oneself to a certain taste; oral drill
sundries; miscellaneous (objects)
to say (something)
smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu)
spout of a teapot
an expression; phraseology
rough speaking
corkscrew
assortment
living from hand to mouth
talk is cheap; it's easier to say than to do; (lit.) building Osaka Castle by talking
honey in one's mouth but a razor in one's belt
African slender-snouted crocodile (Crocodylus cataphractus)
to grin with closed teeth
lip piercing
the part of a province closest to the capital
Examples (40 in total)
My mouth was dry.
Breathe through your mouth.
Open your mouth.