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    3. 閉口

    閉口

    閉へい口こう

    to be stumped

    N1KMT9News #33+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive, AdjectiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab14 strokes

    へいこう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive, Adjective

    1.
    to be stumped, to be at a loss, to be at one's wits' end, to be nonplussed
    2.
    to be fed up, to be tired (of), to be unable to bear, to be annoyed

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    彼かれの長なが話ばなしには閉へい口こうした。

    I was fed up with his long talk.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    複ふく雑ざいな問もん題だいに直ちょく面めんし、彼かれは閉へい口こうしてしまった。

    Faced with a complex problem, he was at a loss.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    毎まい日にちのように繰くり返かえされる同おなじクレームには、さすがに閉へい口こうせざるを得えない。

    I can't help but be fed up with the same complaints repeated almost every day.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyWork & CareerDaily Life
    彼かれの予よ測そく不ふ能のうな行こう動どうには、周しゅう囲いの人ひと々びとも閉へい口こうしている。

    Even those around him are at their wits' end with his unpredictable behavior.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    騒そう音おん問もん題だいで近んき隣んりん住じゅう民みんが閉へい口こうしていると、自じ治ち会かいで話はなし合あわれた。

    It was discussed at the neighborhood association that local residents were fed up with the noise problem.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyHome & HousingPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    閉
    と.じる・と.ざす・し.める・し.まる・た.てる…(2)
    closed・shut
    口
    くち…(2)
    mouth
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