Word · 単語
口ごもる
Reading くちごもる
to hesitate to say
to hesitate to say · to mumble · to hem and haw · to falter
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例文 · examples
彼は口ごもりながら二言三言しゃべった。
He stammered out a few words.
その来たばかりの子はおどおどして口ごもった。
The new boy had a nervous stammer.
こう見えても意外に人前で話すの苦手で、手なんか震えるし、口ごもちゃって、自分でも何言っているかわからない時がある。
I may seem confident, but I get extremely nervous speaking in front of people. My hands tremble, I get all tongue-tied, and sometimes I don't even know what I'm saying myself.