tattle in Japanese
tattle in Japanese is 告げ口 — tattle means to gossip or chatter, especially about other people's business.
tattle in Japanese
告げ口
Pronounced: tsugeguchi
(intransitive, Canada, US, pejorative) Often said of children: to report incriminating information about another person, or a person's wrongdoing in an annoying fashion, usually to a person in a position of authority over the accused person; to tell on somebody. [from late 15th c.]
What does "tattle" mean?
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verb To gossip or chatter, especially about other people's business.
"The neighbours loved to tattle about everyone on the street."
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verb (especially of children) To report someone else's misbehaviour to an adult or authority figure.
"His little sister tattled on him for sneaking out."
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noun Idle gossip, or a piece of tale-telling about someone's wrongdoing.
"Nobody took the playground tattle seriously."
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tattle in a sentence
- The neighbours loved to tattle about everyone on the street.
- His little sister tattled on him for sneaking out.
- Nobody took the playground tattle seriously.
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What is "tattle" in Japanese?
"tattle" in Japanese is 告げ口. tattle means: To gossip or chatter, especially about other people's business.
How do you pronounce 告げ口?
"tattle" in Japanese is 告げ口, pronounced "tsugeguchi".
How do you use "tattle" in a sentence?
Example: "The neighbours loved to tattle about everyone on the street." In Japanese, "tattle" is 告げ口.
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