Word Meaning 陰で悪口を言う

かげでわるくちをいう kage de warukuchi o iu

陰で悪口を言う is read as かげでわるくちをいう (kage de warukuchi o iu) and means to insult someone behind their back.

Meaning

English

to insult someone behind their back

Reading

Kana

かげでわるくちをいう

Romaji

kage de warukuchi o iu

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 40 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 78301 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

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悪口雑言

あっこうぞうごん

all kinds of malicious gossip

陰口

かげぐち

malicious gossip

陰言

かげごと

malicious gossip

陰口を叩く

かげぐちをたたく

to backbite

口が裂けても言えない

くちがさけてもいえない

(I) won't say anything no matter what

悪口

わるぐち

slander

陰陽

いんよう

cosmic dual forces

陰気

いんき

spirit of yin

陰性

いんせい

negative (result)

陰

かげ

gloom (in someone's expression, nature, etc.)

陰謀

いんぼう

conspiracy

陰り

かげり

shadow (e.g. on someone's happiness)