- tsubuyaku to mutter, to murmur, to grumble; to tweet, to post on Twitter
Use for quiet, often unintelligible speech to oneself, or informally for posting on Twitter; more literary than 言う.
彼は独り言を呟くように言った。
Kare wa hitorigoto o tsubuyaku yō ni itta.
He spoke as if muttering to himself.
不満を呟くだけで何もしない。
Fuman o tsubuyaku dake de nani mo shinai.
He just grumbles about his complaints but does nothing.
Press the microphone and say: 呟く
Ready to listen
💡 Conjugate the final kana to the い-row before adding ます.
Found in a wide range of contexts. Useful for building reading and listening fluency.
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