口一杯(くちいっぱい)

くちいっぱい
noun, adverb
mouthful; with one's mouth full
consumptionquantity
1. mouthful; with one's mouth full; filling the mouth
A quantity of food that fills the mouth, or the state of having one's mouth packed full.
口一杯(くちいっぱい)に頬張(ほおば)る。
To stuff one's mouth full.
口一杯(くちいっぱい)にケーキを入(い)れて話(はな)そうとした。
He tried to talk with his mouth full of cake.
子供(こども)が口一杯(くちいっぱい)にご飯(はん)を詰(つ)め込(こ)んで、お母(かあ)さんに叱(しか)られた。
The child crammed rice into his mouth and was scolded by his mother.

A compound of 口(くち) (mouth) + 一杯(いっぱい) (full). Used literally for a mouth packed with food, often of children or of someone eating with gusto, and in food writing for a taste that fills the mouth: 口一杯(くちいっぱい)に広(ひろ)がる味(あじ).

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Writing

Often written 口(くち)いっぱい, with いっぱい in kana.

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Added 2026.3.14 19:32 · Revised 2026.10.13 21:45
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