JLPT N1 · な-adjective

無口 (mukuchi)

無口 (むくち, mukuchi) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “taciturn; reticent”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: むくち
Romaji: mukuchi
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative · な-adjective, noun taking の, noun

Example sentences

大きくて、のろくて、無口でした。

He was big and slow and silent.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 無口

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	無口だ	むくちだ mukuchida
Present (polite)	無口です	むくちです mukuchidesu
Negative	無口じゃない	むくちじゃない mukuchijanai
Past	無口だった	むくちだった mukuchidatta
Negative past	無口じゃなかった	むくちじゃなかった mukuchijanakatta
Te-form	無口で	むくちで mukuchide
Before a noun	無口な	むくちな mukuchina
Adverb (~ni)	無口に	むくちに mukuchini

Kanji in 無口

無

nothingness, none, ain'tム・ブ・な.い · 12 strokes

口

mouthコウ・ク・くち · 3 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 無口.

無くすなくすto lose (something)無理むりunreasonable無くなるなくなるto be lost (e.g. luggage)無むnothing有無うむexistence or nonexistence無視むしdisregarding無駄むだfutility無料むりょうfree (of charge)無しなしwithout無事ぶじsafety無ぶun-無限むげんinfinity無地むじplain無数むすうinnumerable

Source: JMdict entry 1529940 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.