Japanese Dictionary
Meaning of 口を開く in Japanese
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口を開く
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Kana Readingくちをひらく
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Romajikuchiwohiraku
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with `ku' ending
- Meaning
- to open one's mouth (to talk)
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Examples of 口を開く, くちをひらく in a sentence
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不適当な時に、口を開いては私は自分自身と自分の親しい友達をいつも危険な立場においている。
By opening my mouth at the wrong time, I'm always putting myself and my pals behind the eight ball.
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She doesn't talk much, but once she does speak she is eloquent.
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He never opens his mouth without complaining about something.
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I had hardly opened my mouth, when she interrupted me.
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そしてついに口を開いた。
Then, finally, she opened her mouth.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 口を開く
- Plain Polite
- 口を開きます
- Negative
- 口を開かない
- Negative Polite
- 口を開きません
Past
- Plain
- 口を開いた
- Plain Polite
- 口を開きました
- Negative
- 口を開かなかった
- Negative Polite
- 口を開きませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 口を開いて
- Plain Polite
- 口を開きまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 口を開かれる
- Plain Polite
- 口を開かれます
- Negative
- 口を開かれない
- Negative Polite
- 口を開かれません
Related Kanji
開
JLPT 4
12 strokes
open, unfold, unseal
On'Yomi: カイ
Kun'Yomi: ひら.く, ひら.き, -びら.き, ひら.ける, あ.く, あ.ける