Illustration: In a small apartment kitchen, an adult faces a stubborn jar with lowered eyes and lips slightly parted in quiet, ongoing speech. Their head is angled down toward the lid, and their posture is inward and absorbed rather than directed at anyone else.

つぶやく

tsubuyaku

to mutter, to murmur

Example sentences

その内気うちきな少年しょうねんはぼそぼそと自分じぶんの名前なまえをつぶやいた。
The shy boy murmured his name.
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彼かれはのろいの言葉ことばをつぶやいた。
He muttered a curse.
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彼かれは学校がっこうに対たいする不満ふまんをつぶやいた。
He muttered complaints against the school.
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