口が重い be slow to speak; tongue-tied
Japanese Idiom with Video:
口が重い – to be slow to speak; tongue-tied
口が重い
- to be slow to speak; tongue-tied
- 佐藤さんは、口が重いので、デート中なにも話しませんでした。
- Because Satou is naturally quiet, she didn’t say anything during her date.
Vocabulary
- 佐藤さん – Satou (a common Japanese family name)
- は – (the topic marker–sets “Satou” as the main topic of the sentence.)
- ので – therefore; because
- デート中 – during a date
- なにも – nothing; not at all
- 話しませんでした – didn’t speak
