くちきき
口利き
N5Common wordNoun
Noun
mediation•good offices•intervention•mediator•middleman
Noun
influential person•person of influence
Noun
eloquence•eloquent person
Noun
way of speaking
Example Sentences
就職の口利きを頼んだ。
I asked him to put in a good word for me about the job.
市長に口利きしてもらった。
I got the mayor to pull some strings for me.
コネや口利きに頼らず、実力で採用されたい。
I want to get hired on my own merit, not through connections or favors.
あの人の口利きで、なんとか契約がまとまった。
Thanks to that person's mediation, we somehow managed to close the deal.
政治家の口利きで許可が下りたと噂されている。
It's rumored that the permit was granted thanks to a politician's intervention.