#31JLPT N1

3 strokes

Mouth

Kun reading

くち

On reading

こう、く

Example words

口ばかり

くちばかり

· all talk (and no action)

あいつは口ばかりで、誠意がないね。巧言令色少なし仁とはよくいったもんだ。

They say fine words are no virtue if they're insincere and that's him in a nutshell. He's all talk but doesn't mean a word of it.

口ぶり

くちぶり

· way of speaking

彼はまるで何でも知っているかのような口ぶりだ。

He talks as if he knew everything.

口ずさむ

くちずさむ

· to hum (a tune)

母は台所でせっせと料理しながら歌を口ずさんでいた。

Mother hummed to herself as she went about her cooking in the kitchen.

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