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口を挟む

くちをはさむ

to interrupt; to cut in

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Examples

  1. 彼は話の途中で口を挟んだ。

    かれははなしのとちゅうでくちをはさんだ。

    He cut in mid-conversation.

  2. 人の会話に口を挟むのは失礼だ。

    ひとのかいわにくちをはさむのはしつれいだ。

    Cutting into other people's conversations is rude.

  3. 少し口を挟んでもよろしいでしょうか。

    すこしくちをはさんでもよろしいでしょうか。

    Might I come in here for a moment?

Common patterns

話に口を挟む
to cut into a conversation
横から口を挟む
to chime in from the side
口を挟む余地がない
no room to get a word in

Memory tip

挟む is to insert something between two things, so you wedge your words into a conversation already running. It is only about speech in progress; for meddling in someone's affairs, use 口を出す.

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