口
コウ • ク
くち
mouth
Words
人の口に戸は立てられず
ひとのくちにとはたてられず
- people will talk exp id
口は災いの元
くちはわざわいのもと
- words can lead to disaster; the tongue is the root of calamities; the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it exp proverb
口に蜜あり腹に剣あり
くちにみつありはらにけんあり
- honey in one's mouth but a razor in one's belt exp id
鶏口となるも牛後となる勿れ
けいこうとなるもぎゅうごとなるなかれ
- better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion; better be first in a village than second at Rome; better to be the mouth of a chicken than the rear end of a cow exp proverb
口承文芸
こうしょうぶんげい
- oral literature; folklore n