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くちがかるい

口が軽い

kuchigakarui

common

English

loose-lipped, talkative

नेपाली

मुख फुस्केको, गफी

Examples

  1. 彼かれは口くちが軽かるいので、秘密ひみつは話はなせません。

    He has a big mouth, so I can't tell him any secrets.

  2. 口くちが軽かるい人ひとに相談そうだんしたら、うわさになりかねません。

    If you go to someone with loose lips for advice, it could end up as gossip.

  3. 口くちが軽かるい社員しゃいんがいると、情報じょうほうが外部がいぶにもれるおそれがあります。

    If an employee has loose lips, information may leak outside the company.

How to write it

Stroke order for each kanji — tap replay to watch again.

口 3 strokes
軽 12 strokes

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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