Word Meaning 陰口をたたく

かげぐちをたたく kageguchiotataku

陰口をたたく is read as かげぐちをたたく (kageguchiotataku) and means to backbite.

Meaning

English

  1. to backbite

Reading

Kana

かげぐちをたたく

Romaji

kageguchiotataku

Writing Variants

  • 陰口を叩く かげぐちをたたく kageguchi o tataku

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Proverb Rank 114620 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

陰口

かげぐち

malicious gossip

陰で悪口を言う

かげでわるくちをいう

to insult someone behind their back

陰で動く

かげでうごく

to act behind the scenes

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)

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)

陰影

いんえい

nuance

陰湿

いんしつ

shady and damp