Illustration: Alone in a compact apartment kitchen, a person washes dishes with relaxed shoulders and lips softly parted in mid-song. Their head tilts with the tune, and one raised heel keeps a small rhythm beneath the sink.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

口くちずさむ

kuchizusamu

to hum, to sing to oneself

Example sentences

  1. 母ははは台所だいどころでせっせと料理りょうりしながら歌うたを口くちずさんでいた。

    Mother hummed to herself as she went about her cooking in the kitchen.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 歌うたを口くちずさみながら掃除そうじをする。

    I hum a tune as I clean up.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたし、この歌うたが好すきでね。学生がくせいの頃ころはよく口くちずさんでたんだ。

    I like this song. When I was a student, I often used to hum it to myself.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 口

  • 口mouthOnコウ・クKunくち

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