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JLPT N5 · Noun

口 (kuchi)

口 (くち, kuchi) is a Japanese noun meaning “mouth”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
くち
Romaji
kuchi
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. mouth · noun
  2. opening; hole; gap; orifice · noun
  3. mouth (of a bottle); spout; nozzle; mouthpiece · noun
  4. gate; door; entrance; exit · noun
  5. speaking; speech; talk (i.e. gossip) · noun

Example sentences

椅子に横たわる私に、歯科衛生士の女性が「はい、お口を開けてください」と言ったのです。
The woman dental hygienist said to me, lying down in the chair, "Right, please open your mouth."
Tatoeba #75543
私たちはそのまま洞窟の口にボートで突っ込んで行きました。
We plunged into the cave opening on our boat and continued on.
Tatoeba #481010
瓶の口までいっぱいに入れて空気が入らないようにしなさい。
Fill the bottle to the top so as to exclude all air.
Tatoeba #85140

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

Kanji in 口

口
mouthコウ・ク・くち · 3 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 口.

入口いりぐちentrance出口でぐちexit人口じんこうpopulation利口りこうclever悪口わるくち(verbal) abuse裏口うらぐちbackdoor口紅くちべにlipstick口実こうじつexcuse蛇口じゃぐちfaucet早口はやくちfast-talking窓口まどぐちcounter出入口でいりぐちexit and entrance出入り口でいりぐちexit and entrance火口かこう(volcanic) crater

Source: JMdict entry 1275640 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.