無駄口

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 [mùdágúchí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟da̠ɡɯ̟t͡ɕi]

Noun

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

1. meaningless prattle