Illustration: Residents sit in a semicircle in a small apartment building’s meeting room, with unused cups and folded hands suggesting an awkward pause. One elderly woman leans forward and begins speaking, raising an open hand toward a broken umbrella stand placed in the centre.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

口くち火び

kuchibi

trigger, start

口火を切る means to start speaking. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. ジョンは授業中じゅぎょうちゅういつも口火くちびを切きる。

    John always breaks the ice in class.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. グループの人ひとたち全員ぜんいんが沈黙ちんもくしているときは、誰だれかが話はなしの口火くちびを切きらねばならない。

    When all the group members are silent, somebody must break the ice.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 「お父とうさん、質問しつもんしてもいい?」と彼女かのじょは経験けいけんを積つんだ親おやなら誰だれでもおなじみの、我慢強がまんづよく苛立いらだちを抑おさえた調子ちょうしで口火くちびを切きった。

    "Let me ask you something, Dad," she began, in a tone of patiently controlled exasperation that every experienced parent is familiar with.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 口火

  • 口mouthOnコウ・クKunくち
  • 火fireOnカKunひ・ほ-

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