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咥くわえる

rarely used kanji formusually written using kana aloneIchidan verbverb (generic)transitive verb

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くわえる

Meanings

to hold in one's mouth
to bring with, to take along

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Example sentences

犬いぬが棒ぼうをくわえて走はしってきた。

The dog came running with a stick in its mouth.

彼かれはタバコをくわえたまま話はなし続つづけた。

He continued talking with a cigarette in his mouth.

赤あかちゃんは何なんでも口くちにくわえようとする。

Babies tend to put everything in their mouths.

鳥とりが虫むしをくわえて巣すに戻もどるところを観察かんさつした。

I observed a bird returning to its nest with a bug in its beak.

職人しょくにんは釘くぎを口くちにくわえながら作業さぎょうを進すすめていた。

The craftsman proceeded with his work while holding nails in his mouth.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)