悪口

See also: 惡口

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) わる​くち [wàrúꜜkùchì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟̊ᵝt͡ɕi]
  • (Tokyo) わる​ぐち [wàrúꜜgùchì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝɡɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕi]

Noun

悪(わる)口(くち) or 悪(わる)口(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)
    人(ひと)の悪口(わるくち)を言(い)う
    hito no warukuchi o iu
    to speak ill of others

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Noun

悪(あっ)口(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

悪(あっ)口(こう)する • (akkō suru) suru (stem 悪(あっ)口(こう)し (akkō shi), past 悪(あっ)口(こう)した (akkō shita))

  1. to badmouth
Conjugation

Etymology 3

From Buddhism, one of the 十悪(じゅうあく) (jūaku, “ten evils”).

Kanji in this term
悪 口
あく > あっ
Grade: 3
く
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. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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