のみくち

飲み口
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faucet
spigot

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のみくち【飲み口】

1 〔口当たり〕 taste; flavor.

●この酒は飲み口がよい. This sake tastes good [has a good flavor].

・このたばこは飲み口がよくない. These cigarettes have a nasty taste [taste unpleasant]. | I don't like the taste of this tobacco.

●飲み口のよい酒 a good(-tasting) sake [wine]; a sake [wine] with a fine flavor.

2 〔茶わんなどの〕 the place 《on a cup》 one drinks from; the place one's lips touch.

●飲み口を軽くふく lightly wipe the place one has drunk from.

3 〔飲みっぷり〕 ＝のみっぷり.

4 ＝のみぐち.