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口ごもる

口籠もる、 口篭る、 口籠る

Reading

Kana: くちごもる
Romaji: kuchigomoru
Kana
Romaji

Definition

v5r
vi
1

to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter

Kanji

Readings: コウ、 ク、 くち
Meaning: mouth
Readings: ロウ、 ル、 かご、 こ.める、 こも.る、 こ.む
Meanings: basket, devote oneself, seclude oneself, cage, coop, implied
Readings: ロウ、 ル、 かご、 こ.める、 こも.る、 こ.む
Meanings: seclude oneself, cage, coop, implied

Example Sentences

(かれ)(くち)ごもりながら二言(にごん)(さん)(こと)しゃべった。
➥He stammered out a few words.
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こう()えても意外(いがい)人前(ひとまえ)(はな)すの苦手(にがて)で、()なんか(ふる)えるし、(くち)ごもちゃって、自分(じぶん)でも(なに)()っているかわからない(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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その()たばかりの()はおどおどして(くち)ごもった。
➥The new boy had a nervous stammer.
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彼女(かのじょ)(はな)しかけようとするとき、(わたし)はいつでもとても()ずかしくて、(くち)ごもるとか、(なに)かばかげたことを()以上(いじょう)のことはできなかった。
➥When I tried to speak to her, I always found myself too shy to do more than stammer or say something stupid.
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