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口ごもる

くちごもる

to hesitate to say

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Example sentences

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.

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.

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.

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