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悪口 [spec1,ichi1,news1,nf14] 惡口 [sK]
わるぐち [spec1] わるくち [ichi1,news1,nf14]
1. [n]
▶ (verbal) abuse
▶ speaking ill of people
▶ bad-mouthing
▶ name-calling
▶ slander
▶ abusive language
▶ insulting remarks



History:
17. A 2024-12-05 19:57:41  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I'd prefer わるくち to lead, but it's no big deal.
16. A* 2024-12-05 15:37:46  parfait8
  Refs:
it's hard to tell what reading is more common from n-grams alone, especially when it's much more common in kanji

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーー─┬───────────┬───────╮
│ 悪口   │ 1,115,036 │ 99.4% │
│ 惡口   │       991 │  0.1% │
│ わるくち │     3,428 │  0.3% │
│ わるぐち │     2,129 │  0.2% │
╰─ーーーー─┴───────────┴───────╯

the refs pretty much all have わるくち, but i believe わるぐち is the more common reading and what i hear all the time
immersionkit clips all have わるぐち and youglish clips overall prefer わるぐち
  Diff:
@@ -15,0 +16,4 @@
+<reb>わるぐち</reb>
+<re_pri>spec1</re_pri>
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
@@ -20,4 +23,0 @@
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
-<reb>わるぐち</reb>
-<re_pri>spec1</re_pri>
15. A 2024-12-05 04:21:17  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
14. A* 2024-12-05 03:56:33 
  Refs:
わるぐち	2129	38.3%
わるくち	3428	61.7%
  Diff:
@@ -16,4 +15,0 @@
-<reb>わるぐち</reb>
-<re_pri>spec1</re_pri>
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
@@ -23,0 +20,4 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>わるぐち</reb>
+<re_pri>spec1</re_pri>
13. A 2024-10-09 22:25:58  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Done.
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