"口を利く" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Japanese]

IPA: [kɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕi o̞ kʲikɯ̟ᵝ]
Etymology: From 口 (kuchi) + を (o) + 利く (kiku). Etymology templates: {{af|ja|口|を|利く|tr1=kuchi|tr2=o|tr3=kiku}} 口 (kuchi) + を (o) + 利く (kiku) Head templates: {{ja-verb|くち を きく|type=1}} 口(くち)を利(き)く • (kuchi o kiku) godan (stem 口(くち)を利(き)き (kuchi o kiki), past 口(くち)を利(き)いた (kuchi o kiita)) Forms: 口を利く [canonical] (ruby: (くち), ()), kuchi o kiku [romanization], 口を利き [stem] (ruby: (くち), ()), 口を利いた [past] (ruby: (くち), ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 口を利か [error-unrecognized-form], くちをきか [error-unrecognized-form], kuchi o kika [error-unrecognized-form], 口を利き [error-unrecognized-form], くちをきき [error-unrecognized-form], kuchi o kiki [error-unrecognized-form], 口を利く [error-unrecognized-form], くちをきく [error-unrecognized-form], kuchi o kiku [error-unrecognized-form], 口を利け [error-unrecognized-form], くちをきけ [error-unrecognized-form], kuchi o kike [error-unrecognized-form], 口を利かれる [passive], くちをきかれる [passive], kuchi o kikareru [passive], 口を利かせる [causative], 口を利かす [causative], くちをきかせる [causative], くちをきかす [causative], kuchi o kikaseru [causative], kuchi o kikasu [causative], 口を利ける [potential], くちをきける [potential], kuchi o kikeru [potential], 口を利こう [volitional], くちをきこう [volitional], kuchi o kikō [volitional], 口を利かない [negative], くちをきかない [negative], kuchi o kikanai [negative], 口を利かず [continuative, negative], くちをきかず [continuative, negative], kuchi o kikazu [continuative, negative], 口を利きます [formal], くちをききます [formal], kuchi o kikimasu [formal], 口を利いた [perfective], くちをきいた [perfective], kuchi o kiita [perfective], 口を利いて [conjunctive], くちをきいて [conjunctive], kuchi o kiite [conjunctive], 口を利けば [conditional, hypothetical], くちをきけば [conditional, hypothetical], kuchi o kikeba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to speak
    Sense id: en-口を利く-ja-verb-TKdixBly Categories (other): Japanese verbs without transitivity Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 45 55
  2. to act as a mediator; to mediate
    Sense id: en-口を利く-ja-verb-y72A6qA3 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 18 82 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 14 86 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 14 86 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 口利き (kuchikiki) (ruby: 口利(くちき))

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      "form": "くちをきか",
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      "form": "kuchi o kika",
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      "form": "kuchi o kiku",
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      "form": "口を利け",
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      "form": "くちをきけ",
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      "form": "口を利かれる",
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      "form": "くちをきかれる",
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      "form": "kuchi o kikareru",
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      "form": "口を利かせる",
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      "form": "口を利かす",
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      "form": "くちをきかせる",
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      "form": "くちをきかす",
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      "form": "kuchi o kikaseru",
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      "form": "kuchi o kikasu",
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      "form": "口を利ける",
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      "form": "くちをきける",
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      "form": "kuchi o kikeru",
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      "form": "くちをきこう",
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      "form": "kuchi o kikō",
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      "form": "口を利かない",
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      "form": "口を利かず",
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      "form": "くちをきかず",
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      "form": "kuchi o kikazu",
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      "form": "口を利きます",
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      "form": "くちをききます",
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      "ipa": "[kɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕi o̞ kʲikɯ̟ᵝ]"
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      "form": "口を利かず",
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    {
      "form": "くちをきかず",
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      "form": "kuchi o kikazu",
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      "form": "口を利きます",
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      "form": "くちをききます",
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      "form": "kuchi o kikimasu",
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    {
      "form": "口を利いた",
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      "form": "くちをきいた",
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      "form": "kuchi o kiita",
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      "form": "口を利いて",
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      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kuchi o kikeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "くち を きく",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "口(くち)を利(き)く • (kuchi o kiku) godan (stem 口(くち)を利(き)き (kuchi o kiki), past 口(くち)を利(き)いた (kuchi o kiita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "kuchikiki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "口利",
          "くちき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "口利き"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to speak"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "speak",
          "speak"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to act as a mediator; to mediate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "mediator",
          "mediator"
        ],
        [
          "mediate",
          "mediate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕi o̞ kʲikɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "口を利く"
}

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