mouth; opening

Usages of mouth; opening

くちkuti
mouth
possible

One hook in the mouth makes it possible.

tall; expensive

You're not tall enough to be unaffected by a sandstorm, so you need to put a lid on your mouth when entering the desert to avoid choking in the sand.

middle; inside

Above the middle of your mouth there's a line called the philtrum.

right

Putting a scissors in your mouth is not the right thing to do.

word

Only after a dot is pronounced by three mouths does it become a word.

tongue

The tongue enables our mouth to tell a thousand tales.

language

When a set of words is spoken by at least five mouths, it has a right to call itself a language.

times

Enclosure and mouth are actually just two times the same kanji.

director

Your director was hooked in his one mouth.

spine
name
mouth; opening
suu
to smoke
suck
leather
know
older brother

Your older brother is just a mouth on two legs.

tie

A tie is a thread that a gentleman wears underneath his mouth.

capital

In the capital, they put a lid on your mouth to make it smaller.

old
ぐちiriguti
entrance
week
west
西
Asia

People in Asia eat by bringing two sticks to their mouth.

thing; matter
number
blow

A mouth, when words lack, can still blow a trumpet.

fit

You assemble a mouth, but it doesn't fit into the face of the robot you're building.

stone
bean
foot

A bolt of cloth starts wrapping you from your mouth all the way to your foot.

section
ぐちdeguti
exit
history
わるぐちwaruguti
insult; slander, speaking ill
salt

After soiling your gun, you put your mouth against the dish to taste some salt.

any

Grass can be wrapped by the mouth of any, but only some like it.

pedestal
separate

To separate your mouth from danger, you wrap your knife.

tanned leather

With his five mouths, Wi chews animal hides into tanned leather.

Tang dynasty

The Tang dynasty was a bunch of people living on a cliff scratching their mouths all the time.

grass eating husband
𦰩
each
じんこうzinkou
population
desert

In the desert, it's as if your mouth is caught in an upside down box. Drinking water never comes from above, so you have to search for it below.

question

The gate has a mouth, it questions everyone who enters.

まどぐちmadoguti
(service) counter
valley

In the valley, under a roof made of animal legs, lives a creature with a big mouth.

swallow

When a calamity occurs, just use your mouth to swallow it.

occupy

Fortune tellers use their mouths to occupy all your time.

bundle

The trees look so tasty, your mouth starts to bundle saliva just looking at them.

marsh
component

You're in a marsh, and see eight fish mouths appear above the water.

consume

Your mouth has pledged to consume everything it encounters.

chirp

With it's mouth, a bird chirps.

long kimono

Long kimonos, from the soil to your mouth those clothes reach.

bureau

You get hooked in the mouth and are taken to a building with a flag in front of it. It's some kind of bureau.

dishonest
component

Mouths in the desert are dishonest.

good luck

A gentleman uses his mouth to wish you good luck.

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