Kuchi ga Omoi (口が重い – Having Few Words)
Kuchi ga Omoi 口が重い In my post yesterday, I introduced the idiom kuchi ga karui (口が軽い), which describes people who
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Kuchi ga Karui (口が軽い – Having a Big Mouth)
Kuchi ga Karui 口が軽い People who have a big mouth can be described as kuchi ga karui (口が軽い) in Japanese.
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Kuchi wo Suppaku Suru (口を酸っぱくする – Telling Over and Over Again)
Kuchi wo Suppaku Suru 口を酸っぱくする Telling someone the same thing over and over again is expressed as kuchi wo suppaku
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Kuchibi wo Kiru (口火を切る – Breaking the Ice)
Kuchibi wo Kiru 口火を切る Initiating a conversation or creating an opportunity to start something is expressed as kuchibi wo kiru
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Iku Dō-on (異口同音 – Unanimously)
Iku Dō-on 異口同音 The four-character idiom iku dō-on (異口同音) means that many people say the same thing or have the
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Mogo Mogo (もごもご – Muttering) and Mogu Mogu (もぐもぐ – Nom Nom)
Mogo Mogo and Mogu Mogu 「もごもご」と「もぐもぐ」 In my post yesterday, I explained that the onomatopoeic phrase mogo mogo (もごもご) could
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Munya Munya (むにゃむにゃ – Muttering)
Munya Munya むにゃむにゃ The onomatopoeic phrase munya munya is sometimes used to represent the muttering of words that do not
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Akubi wo Kamikorosu (あくびを噛み殺す – Suppressing a Yawn)
Akubi wo Kamikorosu あくびを噛み殺す It is not good to yawn when someone is talking about important things. 大事な話しているとき、「あくび」をするのは態度が良くありません。 If you
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Demakase (でまかせ – Tall Tale)
Demakase でまかせ I sometimes see a person who say demakase (でまかせ). 私はときどき「でまかせ」を言う人を見かけます。 Demakase means to say something at random, to
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