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無口: taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative | JLPT N2 Vocabulary | JLPTMatome

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無口

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無口(むくち)

むくち

taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative

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Reading and meaning Adjective forms Example sentences Kanji in this lesson

Reading and meaning

Reading: むくち
Romaji: mukuchi
Meaning: taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
Word type: na adjective

Adjective forms

Present: 無口(むくち)です
Present negative: 無口(むくち)ではありません
Past: 無口(むくち)でした
Past negative: 無口(むくち)ではありませんでした
Before a noun: 無口(むくち)な
Connective: 無口(むくち)で
Adverbial: 無口(むくち)に
Ba conditional: 無口(むくち)ならば
Nara conditional: 無口(むくち)なら
無口(むくち)ならば
Tara conditional: 無口(むくち)でしたら
Appearance: 無口(むくち)そうです
Change of state: 無口(むくち)になります
Excess: 無口(むくち)すぎます
Nominalized: 無口(むくち)さ

Present: 無口(むくち)だ
Present negative: 無口(むくち)じゃない
無口(むくち)ではない
Past: 無口(むくち)だった
Past negative: 無口(むくち)じゃなかった
無口(むくち)ではなかった
Before a noun: 無口(むくち)な
Connective: 無口(むくち)で
Adverbial: 無口(むくち)に
Ba conditional: 無口(むくち)ならば
Nara conditional: 無口(むくち)なら
無口(むくち)ならば
Tara conditional: 無口(むくち)だったら
Appearance: 無口(むくち)そうだ
Change of state: 無口(むくち)になる
Excess: 無口(むくち)すぎる
Nominalized: 無口(むくち)さ

Example sentences

FuriganaEnglish

彼(かれ)は無口(むくち)だが、仕事(しごと)は

丁寧(ていねい)

だ。

He is taciturn, but he does his work carefully.

無口(むくち)な彼女(かのじょ)も、今日(きょう)はよく話(はな)している。

Even the usually quiet woman is talking a lot today.

無口(むくち)な少年(しょうねん)は、窓(まど)の外(そと)を静(しず)かに見(み)つめていた。

The taciturn boy was quietly gazing out the window.

彼(かれ)は無口(むくち)で、必要(ひつよう)なことしか話(はな)さない。

He is taciturn and only talks about what is necessary.

Kanji in this lesson

無nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, notJLPT N3 口mouthJLPT N5

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