口くち走ばしる

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口走る · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	口くち走ばしる	口くち走ばしらない
Polite	口くち走ばしります	口くち走ばしりません
Past polite	口くち走ばしりました	口くち走ばしりませんでした
Past	口くち走ばしった	口くち走ばしらなかった
Te-form	口くち走ばしって	口くち走ばしらないで
Desire	口くち走ばしりたい	口くち走ばしりたくない
Potential	口くち走ばしれる	口くち走ばしれない
Passive	口くち走ばしられる	口くち走ばしられない
Causative	口くち走ばしらせる	口くち走ばしらせない
Causative passive	口くち走ばしらせられるalso 口くち走ばしらされる	口くち走ばしらせられないalso 口くち走ばしらされない
Volitional	口くち走ばしろう
Polite volitional	口くち走ばしりましょう
Imperative	口くち走ばしれ	口くち走ばしるな
Conditional	口くち走ばしれば	口くち走ばしらなければ
Tara conditional	口くち走ばしったら	口くち走ばしらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

blurt out; let slip; say inadvertently

Used when someone says something they shouldn't have, often without thinking or by accident. Can also be used for saying something foolish or inappropriate.

つい秘ひ密みつを口くち走ばしってしまった。
I accidentally blurted out the secret.
彼かれは怒おこると、よく余よ計けいなことを口くち走ばしる。
When he gets angry, he often says things he shouldn't.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を口くち走ばしるto blurt out something (a fact, secret, etc.)
彼かれは取とり調しらべ中ちゅうに犯はん行こうの details を口くち走ばしってしまった。
He blurted out the details of the crime during questioning.
思おもわず「〜」と口くち走ばしるto unintentionally blurt out (a phrase)
驚おどろいて「嘘うそだ」と思おもわず口くち走ばしってしまった。
I was so shocked that I blurted out, "That's a lie!" without meaning to.
寝ね言ごとを口くち走ばしるto mutter nonsense or talk in one's sleep
弟おとうとは眠ねむっている間あいだに寝ね言ごとを口くち走ばしっていた。
My little brother was muttering in his sleep.

Kanji

口mouth
走run

Related words

漏もらすN1
漏らす covers letting any information or feeling slip out, often through carelessness, while 口走る specifically means blurting out words impulsively, without thinking.
失しつ言げん
失言する means to make a verbal slip that offends or embarrasses, whereas 口走る simply describes saying something impulsively, which may or may not be offensive.

Don't confuse with

口くちずさむN1
口ずさむ means to hum or murmur a tune or poem to oneself, while 口走る means to blurt out words unintentionally; learners may confuse them because both start with 口.

Built from

口くち+走はしる

Written forms

口くち走ばしるUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling; the only written form given.
くちばしるUsage1%

Etymology

Compound of 口 (kuchi, 'mouth') and 走る (hashiru, 'run'), literally 'mouth runs'. The meaning 'to blurt out' comes from the idea of words running out of the mouth before one can stop them.