Word Meaning 陰口を叩く

かげぐちをたたく kageguchi o tataku

陰口を叩く is read as かげぐちをたたく (kageguchi o tataku) and means to backbite.

Meaning

English

  1. to backbite

Reading

Kana

かげぐちをたたく

Romaji

kageguchi o tataku

Writing Variants

  • 陰口をたたく かげぐちをたたく kageguchiotataku

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 準1級 Proverb Rank 162327 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

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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

大口を叩く

おおぐちをたたく

to boast

無駄口を叩く

むだぐちをたたく

to chatter pointlessly

軽口を叩く

かるくちをたたく

to crack jokes

憎まれ口を叩く

にくまれぐちをたたく

to say nasty things (about)

口叩き

くちたたき

talking a lot

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.)