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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

口くち答ごたえ

kuchigotae

to talk back

Example sentences

  1. お母かあさんに口答くちごたえしてはいけませんよ。

    Don’t answer your mother back.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 君きみはあんなふうに親おやに口答くちごたえすべきではない。

    You shouldn’t talk back to your parents like that.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 大人おとなに口答くちごたえするのは失礼しつれいなことだと思おもっている人ひともいる。

    Some people think talking back to an adult is rude.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 口答

  • 口mouthOnコウ・クKunくち
  • 答solution; answerOnトウKunこたえる・こたえ

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