開口
Meanings
Noun
Suru verb
Intransitive verb
1. opening; aperture (e.g. camera)
2. opening one's mouth; beginning to speak
Prenominal
3. open; broad
Kanji used
Pitch accent
かいこう
Used in vocabulary
開口一番
at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all
Adverb
開口音
(of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji without a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel; (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds
Noun