Illustration: At a neighborhood café, one friend talks animatedly across a small table, mouth open and hands illustrating another detail of their account. Their drink and cake remain almost untouched.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

口くち数かず

kuchikazu

how much one talks

Example sentences

彼かれは口数くちかずの少すくない人ひとだ。
He is a man of few words.
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私わたしの父ちちは口数くちかずが少すくない。
My father is a man of few words.
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彼かれは興奮こうふんすればするほど口数くちかずが少すくなくなりました。
The more excited he got, the less talkative he became.
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Kanji in 口数

口mouthOnコウ・クKunくち
数number; strengthOnスウ・ス・サクKunかず・かぞえる・しばしば

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