悪口

See also: 惡口

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
わる
Grade: 3
くち > ぐち
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term
わる
Grade: 3
くち
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
惡口 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [wàrúꜜkùchì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [β̞a̠ɾɯ̟kɯ̟̊t͡ɕi]
  • (Tokyo) ぐち [wàrúꜜgùchì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [β̞a̠ɾɯ̟ɡɯ̟t͡ɕi]

Noun

(わる)(くち) or (わる)(ぐち) • (warukuchi or waruguchi

  1. speaking ill of people, verbal abuse
    Synonyms: 悪口 (akkō), 陰口 (kageguchi), 悪言 (akugen), 悪態 (akutai)
    (ひと)(わる)(くち)()
    hito no warukuchi o iu
    to speak ill of others

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
あく > あっ
Grade: 3
こう
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
惡口 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

(あっ)(こう) • (akkōあくこう (akukou)?

  1. speaking ill of people, verbal abuse
    Synonyms: 悪口 (warukuchi), 陰口 (kageguchi), 悪言 (akugen), 悪態 (akutai)

Verb

(あっ)(こう)する • (akkō surusuru (stem (あっ)(こう) (akkō shi), past (あっ)(こう)した (akkō shita))

  1. to badmouth
Conjugation

Etymology 3

From Buddhism, one of the (じゅう)(あく) (jūaku, ten evils).

Kanji in this term
あく > あっ
Grade: 3

Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
惡口 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

悪口(あっく) • (akkuあくく (akuku)?

  1. (Buddhism) the evil from the mouth, the use of malicious gossip

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.