Hanamaruhanamaru

くち

mouth

kuchi

JLPT
N5
Frequency
#925

Meanings

  1. 1
    mouthn
  2. 2
    opening; hole; gapn
  3. 3
    mouth (of a bottle); spout; nozzlen

JMdict 1275640

In a sentence

くちmouthあけて開けてopen

Open your mouth

How it works

(object) marks くち (mouth) as the thing being acted on, and the verb 開けるあける (open) appears as the te-form 開けてあけて (open). On its own, a te-form like this works as a soft, casual instruction — “open your mouth” — gentler than a blunt command. It also leaves the sentence feeling unfinished, as if more could follow.

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