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口を滑らせる

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口を滑らせる

slip of the tongue (mouth)


The word:

Closer look at the kanji:

B = Beginner | I = Intermediate | A = Advanced

口を滑らせる
kuchi o suberaseru
slip of the tongue (mouth)

kuchi mouth
sube(raseru) slip



入り口 iri guchi - entrance [B]
人口 jin kou - population [I]
滑り台 suberi dai - playground slide [I]



SUGGESTED USAGE:

つい、口を滑らせて「あなたの顔はいのししみたい。」と言っちゃった。
tsui, kuchi o suberasete, anata no kao wa inoshishi mitai. to icchatta.

Quite unintentionally, I let, Your face looks like a wild boar. slip from my mouth.

ABOUT SUGGESTED USAGE:

つい tsui - unintentionally, by mistake
口を滑らせて kuchi o suberasete - The -te form of todays word You can think of this as an and -[My mouth slipped and your face looks like a wild boar. came out.]
あなたの anata no - your just anata alone means you - adding the no makes it possessive
kao - face
いのしし inoshishi - wild boar ANIMAL PAGE
~みたい ~mitai - seems like, looks like put after a noun - nihon mitai (looks like Japan) - kuma mitai (looks like a bear)
と言っちゃった to icchatta - I unfortunately said... ~ちゃった ~chatta means something is completed, but usually shows a bit of remorse over what has occurred. It is used in casual speech and its more formal counterpart is しまった shimatta acts and means the same.


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