noun
protruding lower lip and jaw; underbite
Describes a facial feature where the lower lip and jaw stick out; often used in everyday descriptions of appearance.
彼は受け口だから、横顔が特徴的だ。
He has an underbite, so his profile is distinctive.
noun
socket; receiving slot; opening
Only with reading うけぐち
Technical term for a part designed to receive or hold another object, such as a socket, slot, or receiving window in machinery or construction.
この金具の受け口にパイプを差し込んでください。
Please insert the pipe into the socket of this metal fitting.
Simplified kanji variant; less common than 受け口.
Rare kanji variant; 承 is not standard for this word.
Compound of 受け (uke, 'receiving') + 口 (kuchi, 'mouth'). The reading うけくち is a variant, but うけぐち is standard.