人の陰で悪口を言うな。

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人の陰で悪口を言うな。

English Translation

Don't speak ill of others behind their back.

Furigana

人(ひと)の陰(かげ)で悪口(わるぐち)を言(い)うな。

Romanji

Hito no kage de waruguchi o iu na.

Words

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

陰 (かげ)

shade; shadow; other side; back; background

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

悪口 (あっこう、わるくち、わるぐち)

abuse; insult; slander; evil speaking; bad mouth

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

な (な)

(sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis; (used with masu stem verb) command; (used with dictionary form verb) prohibition