悪口

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(わる)(くち) or (わる)(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)
    (ひと)悪口(わるくち)()
    hito no warukuchi o iu
    to speak ill of others

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Noun

(あっ)(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

(あっ)(こう)する (akkō suru) suru (stem (あっ)(こう) (akkō shi), past (あっ)(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
あく > あっ
Grade: 3

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. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), 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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