陰口

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かげ
Grade: S
くち > ぐち
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ぐち [kàgéꜜgùchì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɡe̞ɡɯ̟t͡ɕi]

Noun

(かげ)(ぐち) • (kageguchi

  1. backbiting; badmouthing done in the target's absence

Synonyms

  • 後指(うしろゆび) (ushiroyubi)

Hypernyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN