noun

  1. set phrase, stock phrase, conventional expression, usual wording, cliché, clichéd line.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
決まり文句 きまりもんく
 
決り文句 きまりもんく
 
 
 
きまり文句 きまりもんく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

decide, fix, agree upon
き.める ケツ さ.く (3rd, N3)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
decide, determine, archery glove
カイ ケツ ケチ (Kentei 1)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
sentence, literature, style
ブン モン も (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)
phrase, clause, sentence
ク すく (5th, N1)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)