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Don't talk about people behind their backs.
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Vocabulary list

ushiroyubiwosasu
expression, godan verb
  1. to talk about someone behind their back; to backbite
ushiroyubi
noun
  1. talking about (behind one's back); backbiting
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
sasu
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to point
  2. to nominate; to select someone; to specify some person
  3. to identify; to indicate; to point out
  4. to play (a game of shogi); to move (a piece)
  5. to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance)
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
yameru

Plain Past Indicative Form

yameta
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to end; to quit
  2. to cancel; to abandon; to give up; to abolish; to abstain; to refrain
ma
adverb
  1. just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; now, now (when urging or consoling)
  2. tolerably; passably; moderately; reasonably; fairly; rather; somewhat
  3. well...; I think...; it would seem...; you might say...; Hmmm, I guess so... (when hesitating to express an opinion)
interjection
  1. oh!; oh dear!; oh, my!; wow!; goodness gracious!; good heavens!
e
interjection
  1. eh?; what?; oh?
  2. yes; that's correct
particle
  1. strengthens a question, assertion, etc. (at sentence end)
  2. hey (after a noun, etc.; when calling out to someone)

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