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口ばかり
くちばかり
all talk (and no action)
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Example sentences
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.
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.