Japanese Idiom Lesson:
口が重い
This is used when someone speaks only a little or is very quiet.
The antonym of this expression is 口が軽い。 One’s mouth is light.
This idiom literally means, “mouth is heavy.” A heavy mouth doesn’t say much.
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佐藤さんは、口が重いので、デート中なにも話しませんでした。
Because Sato is naturally quiet, she didn’t say anything during her date.
佐藤—Sato (a Japanese last name)
は—[topic particle] (written with hiragana は but pronounced わ when used as a particle.)
ので—therefore; because
デート中—during a date
なにも—nothing; not at all
話しませんでした—didn’t speak



