Words — 33 found
くちもと
口元
1. mouth; lips
2. shape of the mouth
3. near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
口もと 【くちもと】、口許 【くちもと】
かいこういちばん
開口一番
1. at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of allYojijukugo (four character compound)
1. corners of the mouth
1. edges of the mouth
よこぐわ
横銜え
1. holding horizontally in one's mouth; holding on the side of one's mouth
横ぐわえ 【よこぐわえ】
やまいくちいわざわいくちい
病は口より入り禍は口より出ず
1. be moderate with your mouth; sickness enters through the mouth, calamities come out of the mouthProverb
ふたくちおんな
二口女
1. futakuchi-onna; two-mouthed woman; folklore monster that takes the form of a woman with an additional mouth on the back of her head, hidden underneath her hair
ここうのがりゅうけつい
虎口を逃れて竜穴に入る
1. out of the frying pan into the fire; out of the tiger's mouth into the dragon's denProverb
けいこうぎゅうごなか
鶏口となるも牛後となる勿れ
1. better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion; better be first in a village than second at Rome; better to be the mouth of a chicken than the rear end of a cowProverb
鶏口となるも牛後となるなかれ 【けいこうとなるもぎゅうごとなるなかれ】
くちま
口が曲がる
1. to incur the wrath of god (e.g. by speaking ill of someone behind their back); to get into trouble
2. to warp one's mouth
くきょうそう
パン食い競走
1. game in which a dangling piece of bread is grabbed in the mouth and raced to the finish line (in school sports festivals)
ぐち
アヒル口
1. duck face; duck lips; facial expression where the lips are pursed and corners of the mouth raised
アヒル口 【アヒルくち】
いしまくらながくちすす
石に枕し流れに漱ぐ
1. to live freely in the wilderness; to sleep on a pillow of stone and rinse one's mouth with river waterIdiomatic expression
くちべ
口減らし
1. reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)
口べらし 【くちべらし】
くちわざわかど
口は災いの門
1. words can lead to disaster; the tongue is the root of calamities; the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in itProverb, See also 口は災いの元
口は災いの門 【くちはわざわいのもん】、口は禍の門 【くちはわざわいのかど】、口は禍の門 【くちはわざわいのもん】
くちわざわもと
口は災いの元
1. words can lead to disaster; the tongue is the root of calamities; the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in itProverb
口は禍の元 【くちはわざわいのもと】