彼らは彼が他人の悪口を言うのをよく耳にした。

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English Translation

They often heard him speak ill of others.

Furigana

彼(かれ)らは彼(かれ)が他人(たにん)の悪口(わるぐち)を言(い)うのをよく耳(みみ)にした。

Romanji

Karera wa kare ga tanin no waruguchi o iu no o yoku mimi ni shita.

Words

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

他人 (たにん、ひと、あだびと)

another person; other people; others; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

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

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

良く (よく)

nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; frequently; often

耳 (みみ)

ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to