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VOCABULARY
陰口
ka
か
ge
げ
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ぐ
chi
ち
backbiting / gossip
backbiting, slander, gossip (behind one's back)
noun
Example sentences
同どう僚りょうの陰かげ口ぐちを言いうのはやめよう。
Let's stop gossiping behind our coworkers' backs.
彼かの女じょはよく人ひとの陰かげ口ぐちをたたく。
She often engages in backbiting about others.
自じ分ぶんの陰かげ口ぐちを聞きいてしまい傷きずついた。
I overheard gossip about myself and was hurt.
陰かげ口ぐちばかりの職しょく場ばは居い心ごこ地ちが悪わるい。
A workplace full of backbiting is uncomfortable.

Practice exercises

1
先輩せんぱいの陰口かげぐちを叩たたくな。
Don't badmouth your senior.
Answer
陰口かげぐち
2
本人ほんにんの前まえでは言いわずに陰口かげぐちを叩たたくのはずるい。
It is mean to badmouth someone behind their back rather than say it to their face.
Answer
陰口かげぐち
3
同僚どうりょうの陰口かげぐちを言いう。
I backbite about my colleague.
Answer
陰口かげぐち
4
休憩室きゅうけいしつで上司じょうしの陰口かげぐちを聞きいた。
I heard backbiting about the boss in the break room.
Answer
陰口かげぐち
5
彼女かのじょはよく他人たにんの陰口かげぐちを言いっている。
She often is talking behind people's backs.
Answer
陰口かげぐち