二にの句く

noun

next word; what to say next

Almost always appears in the negative idiom 二の句が継げない, meaning 'to be at a loss for words' or 'to be unable to say anything further'. The noun itself is rarely used outside this phrase.

See also: 二の句が継げない

• あまりの驚おどろきに二にの句くが継つげなかった。

  I was so surprised that I couldn't say another word.

• 彼かれの突とつ然ぜんの告こく白はくに、私わたしは二にの句くが継つげなかった。

  At his sudden confession, I was at a loss for words.