口|くちkuchi[0]heiban (flat)
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- nounmouth
- nounopening; hole; gap; orifice
- nounmouth (of a bottle); spout; nozzle; mouthpiece
- noungate; door; entrance; exit
- nounspeaking; speech; talk (i.e. gossip)
- nountaste; palate
- nounmouth (to feed)
- nounopening (i.e. vacancy); available position
- nouninvitation; summons
- nounkind; sort; type
- nounopening (i.e. beginning)
- suffix, countercounter for mouthfuls, shares (of money) and stove burners
- suffix, countercounter for swords, blades, etc.often read ふり in museum, etc. contexts
- Synonym口腔こうこうWrittenWritten, formal medical term for the inside of the mouth, as in 「口腔ケア」; in everyday speech just say 「口」.
- Related入り口いりぐちNeutralA place you enter through, as in 「駅の入り口」; the usual word for building entrances, while 「口」 mostly appears as a suffix.
For the mouth, 「口」 is the default. In the sense of an entrance it mostly appears as a suffix, as in 「改札口」 and 「登山口」. Use 「口腔」 in medical contexts and 「入り口」 for the entrance to a building or similar.
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