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    3. 陰口

    陰口

    陰かげ口ぐち

    malicious gossip

    KMT8News #24+1Noun, ParticleEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab14 strokes

    蔭口影口

    かげぐち

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    malicious gossip, backbiting, speaking ill behind someone's back

    Stroke 0 / 14

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    陰かげ口ぐちを言いうのは良よくない。

    It's not good to speak ill behind someone's back.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれはいつも人ひとの陰かげ口ぐちばかり言いっている。

    He's always backbiting about others.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    陰かげ口ぐちを叩たたかれると、とても嫌いやな気き持もちになる。

    When someone speaks ill of you behind your back, it makes you feel very unpleasant.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    陰かげ口ぐちを言いう人ひとは、自じ分ぶんに自じ信しんがないことが多おおい。

    People who backbite often lack self-confidence.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychologypsychology
    職しょく場ばでの陰かげ口ぐちは、チームの士し気きを著いちじるしく低てい下かさせる原げん因いんとなる。

    Backbiting at the workplace can significantly lower team morale.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career

    Kanji that make up this word

    陰
    かげ・かげ.る…(1)
    shade・yin・negative・sex organs・secret…(1)
    口
    くち…(2)
    mouth
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