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口ごもる[くちごもる] (kuchigomoru)

mumble

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Meaning

口ごもる (くちごもる, kuchigomoru) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “mumble”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 6

彼かれは厳きびしく質問しつもんされて口くちごもった

He hemmed and hawed when he was questioned harshly.

彼かれは口くちごもりながら二言にごん三さん言ごんしゃべった。

He stammered out a few words.

その来きたばかりの子こはおどおどして口くちごもった。

The new boy had a nervous stammer.

こう見みえても意外いがいに人前ひとまえで話はなすの苦手にがてで、手てなんか震ふるえるし、口くちごもちゃって、自分じぶんでも何なに言っているかわからない時ときがある。

I may seem confident, but I get extremely nervous speaking in front of people. My hands tremble, I get all tongue-tied, and sometimes I don't even know what I'm saying myself.

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