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早口

Fast Talker

Meaning

Fast Talker, Fast Talking, Fast Speaker, Fast Speaking

Word Type

noun, の adjective

Explanation

When you have a fast mouth, you're probably a fast talker, right motormouth?

Reading

はやくち

Explanation

Remember how body parts often change even jukugo words to kun'yomi readings? That's what happened here too. Both readings are kun'yomi, making this one はやくち.

Context

Patterns of Use

Common Word Combinations

早口ことば
tongue twister
早口セールスマン
fast talking salesman
早口のセリフ
lines said quickly
早口の声
fast talking voice
早口の人
fast talking person
早口で言う
to say quickly
早口でしゃべる
to talk quickly
早口でまくし立てる
to rapidly pour out a litany of speech
早口で分かりにくい
hard to understand because of fast speech
早口に言う
to say quickly
早口になる
to come to speak quickly
早口にまくし立てる
to rapidly pour out a litany of speech

Context Sentences

兄は、とても早口です。

My brother is very fast talker.

早口でオーダーしたので、生ビールが一つの代わりに五つ来た。

I spoke fast when I made an order, so I got five beers instead of one.

日本人は、早口が上手な人が多いですね。

Many Japanese are good at fast-talking.

Kanji Composition