口が減らない

くちがへらない

fast-talking, always having another argument ready, not able to keep one's mouth shut, never at a loss for words

減らず口

へらずぐち

impudent talk, speaking without thinking, continuing talking even after one has lost an argument, (getting in) the last word, talking back, needless retort

口減らし

くちべらし

giving up children for adoption or apprenticeship, etc. (out of poverty), reducing the number of mouths

人口減

じんこうげん

population decrease

人口減少

じんこうげんしょう

depopulation, falling population, decrease in population, population decline

口のきけない

unable to speak; inarticulate

口数の少ない

くちかずのすくない

taciturn

口の軽い

くちのかるい

loose-tongued, talkative

口の堅い

くちのかたい

tight-lipped, able to keep a secret

口の悪い

くちのわるい

sarcastic, foulmouthed, having a sharp tongue, having a sharp nasty tongue

減らす

へらす

to abate, to decrease, to diminish, to shorten

口の小さい

くちのちいさい

small mouthed

口のうまい

くちのうまい

honeymouthed, glib, fair-spoken

口舌の争い

こうぜつのあらそい

war of words, quarrel, dispute

口数の多い

くちかずのおおい

talkative

人の口

ひとのくち

what people say, rumours, public opinion

竜の口

たつのくち りゅうのくち

dragon-head gargoyle, gutter spout

序の口

じょのくち

lowest division

口の端

くちのは

gossip