悪口（わるぐち）
JLPT N3 · noun
Pitch accent: nakadaka (middle-high) — pitch drops after mora 2
Meaning: bad-mouthing
Example sentences
- 人の悪口を言わないようにする。 — Try not to speak ill of others.
- 悪口はいつか自分に返ってくる。 — Bad-mouthing others will come back to you eventually.
Idioms & proverbs containing “悪口”
- 悪口雑言 (あっこうぞうごん) — all kinds of malicious gossip; heaping verbal abuse (on); cursing and swearing (words)
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