無駄口

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
無	駄	口
む Grade: 4	だ Grade: S	くち > ぐち Grade: 1
on'yomi		kun'yomi

Etymology

From 無駄(むだ) (muda) + 口(くち) (kuchi). The kuchi changes to guchi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) むだぐち (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

無(む)駄(だ)口(ぐち) • (mudaguchi) ^{←むだぐち (mudaguti)^?}

meaningless prattle

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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