Illustration: In a small neighborhood bicycle repair shop, an experienced mechanic speaks to a schoolboy standing beside his bicycle with a loose chain. The mechanic crouches to the boy’s height, shoulders loose, mouth gently open mid-sentence, and one palm raised in an easy, reassuring gesture.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

口くちぶり

kuchiburi

way of speaking

Example sentences

  1. まるでなんでも知しっているような口くちぶりだね。

    You talk as if you knew everything.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれの口くちぶりから私わたしの意見いけんに賛成さんせいでないと判断はんだんした。

    I judged from what he said that he did not agree with me.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼女かのじょはまるで私わたしの母ははであるかのような口くちぶりだった。

    She talked as if she were my mother.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 口

  • 口mouthOnコウ・クKunくち

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