Illustration: At a family dinner in a Japanese apartment, a grandfather begins speaking with his familiar raised finger and rounded mouth. Before he finishes, his adult daughter and grandson turn toward each other and silently mouth the same expression in synchrony with him, sharing amused, affectionate looks.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

口くち癖ぐせ

kuchiguse

habitual saying, pet phrase

Example sentences

  1. 「えっと」とか「あの」とか、ついつい口癖くちぐせで言いっちゃうんだよな。

    I make a habit of saying "Umm" and "Uhh" a lot.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 私わたしの祖母そぼは、口癖くちぐせのように100歳さいまで生いきると言いっていましたが、85歳さいで亡なくなりました。

    My grandmother used to say that she would live to be a hundred, but she died at the age of 85.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 「じいさんにあわせる顔かおがない」が口癖くちぐせだったという。

    They say that he used to say "I am too ashamed to see my grandfather".

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 口癖

  • 口mouthOnコウ・クKunくち
  • 癖mannerism; habitOnヘキKunくせ・くせに

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