悪口

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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

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
Conjugation of "悪口する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 悪口し あっこうし akkō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 悪口し あっこうし akkō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 悪口する あっこうする akkō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 悪口する あっこうする akkō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 悪口すれ あっこうすれ akkō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 悪口せよ¹
悪口しろ² 		あっこうせよ¹
あっこうしろ² 		akkō seyo¹
akkō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 悪口される あっこうされる akkō sareru
Causative 悪口させる
悪口さす 		あっこうさせる
あっこうさす 		akkō saseru
akkō sasu
Potential 悪口できる あっこうできる akkō dekiru
Volitional 悪口しよう あっこうしよう akkō shiyō
Negative 悪口しない あっこうしない akkō shinai
Negative continuative 悪口せず あっこうせず akkō sezu
Formal 悪口します あっこうします akkō shimasu
Perfective 悪口した あっこうした akkō shita
Conjunctive 悪口して あっこうして akkō shite
Hypothetical conditional 悪口すれば あっこうすれば akkō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (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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