Illustration: At a small curry restaurant, two customers have received conspicuously different portions. One plate carries a generous mound of curry and several vegetables; the other has a meager spoonful beside a large expanse of rice.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

文もん句く

monku

complaint, objection

Example sentences

  1. 文句もんくを言いえば切きりがない。

    Once the complaining starts, it never ends.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. そんなことは君きみが文句もんくを言いう理由りゆうにはならないよ。

    That doesn’t give you grounds for complaining.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 文句もんくを言いうな。

    Don’t complain.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 文句

  • 文sentence; literatureOnブン・モンKunふみ・あや
  • 句phrase; clauseOnク

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