I Love Kanji閉口 (heikou)
閉口 (へいこう, heikou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “to be stumped; to be at a loss”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- へいこう
- Romaji
- heikou
- Word class
- Noun + する (suru verb)
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be nonplussed · suru verb, intransitive, noun, な-adjective
- to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear; to be annoyed · suru verb, intransitive, noun, な-adjective
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 閉口
Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 閉口する | へいこうする heikousuru |
| Polite (~masu) | 閉口します | へいこうします heikoushimasu |
| Negative | 閉口しない | へいこうしない heikoushinai |
| Polite negative | 閉口しません | へいこうしません heikoushimasen |
| Past | 閉口した | へいこうした heikoushita |
| Polite past | 閉口しました | へいこうしました heikoushimashita |
| Negative past | 閉口しなかった | へいこうしなかった heikoushinakatta |
| Te-form | 閉口して | へいこうして heikoushite |
| Potential | 閉口できる | へいこうできる heikoudekiru |
| Passive | 閉口される | へいこうされる heikousareru |
| Causative | 閉口させる | へいこうさせる heikousaseru |
| Volitional | 閉口しよう | へいこうしよう heikoushiyou |
| Imperative | 閉口しろ | へいこうしろ heikoushiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | 閉口すれば | へいこうすれば heikousureba |
Kanji in 閉口
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 閉口.
閉まるしまるto be shut閉めるしめるto close閉じるとじるto close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.)閉会へいかいclosure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)閉鎖へいさclosing口くちmouth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
Source: JMdict entry 1508660 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.