Japanese symbol for “gape”
大口を開ける
おおぐちをあける
Romaji: ooguchioakeru
to gape; to open one's mouth wide
In Japanese, gape is 大口を開ける, read おおぐちをあける (ooguchioakeru).
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Meanings
- exp, v1 to gape; to open one's mouth wide
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大丈夫 | だいじょうぶ daijoubu | safe; secure; sound |
| 大変 | たいへん taihen | very; greatly; terribly |
| 大学 | だいがく daigaku | university; college |
| 最大 | さいだい saidai | biggest; greatest; largest |
| 大会 | たいかい taikai | mass meeting; convention; rally |
| 大統領 | だいとうりょう daitouryou | president (of a country) |
| 人口 | じんこう jinkou | population |
| 悪口 | わるぐち waruguchi | (verbal) abuse; speaking ill of people; bad-mouthing |
| 開催 | かいさい kaisai | holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics) |
See also: Chinese symbol for “gape”.
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