Word · 単語
陰口
Reading かげぐち
malicious gossip
malicious gossip · backbiting · speaking ill behind someone's back
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例文 · examples
陰口を言われるのが好きな人はいない。
Nobody likes being spoken ill of behind their back.
人の陰口を言ってはいけない。
You should not speak ill of others behind their backs.
他人の陰口をきいてはいけません。
You must not speak ill of others behind their backs.
彼はいつも父親の陰口を言います。
He always speaks ill of his father behind his back.
だれか人に、言い分があったら、陰口をいわないで、その人に面と向かっていいなさい。
If you have a bone to pick with a person, tell it to his face instead of saying things behind his back.