How to say "slander" in Japanese

• 中傷ちゅうしょうJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers the full, serious sense of 'slander': damaging someone's reputation with false statements, and it also serves for libel and defamation. Typical of news reports and public discussion of attacks on a person's character.
  ※基本的きほんてきな禁止事項きんしじこう（誹謗ひぼう・中傷ちゅうしょうの禁止きんし等とう）は「はじめにお読よみ下ください」に記載きさいしてあります。必かならずお読よみください。↗

  * The basic prohibitions (No slander, libel, etc.) are noted in the "Read me first." Please be sure to read it.
• 誹謗ひぼうCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbAlso translates 'slander' when the idea is running someone down with harsh, damaging words; it can shade into verbal abuse. It sits close to 中傷, which is the safer pick for libel or defamation.
  ※基本的きほんてきな禁止事項きんしじこう（誹謗ひぼう・中傷ちゅうしょうの禁止きんし等とう）は「はじめにお読よみ下ください」に記載きさいしてあります。必かならずお読よみください。↗

  * The basic prohibitions (No slander, libel, etc.) are noted in the "Read me first." Please be sure to read it.
• 悪口わるぐちJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe word for everyday bad-mouthing: speaking ill of people, name-calling, venting about someone. It is seldom what you want for slander in the legal sense of false statements that damage a reputation.
  陰かげで他人たにんの悪口わるぐちを言ゆうべきでない。↗

  You should not speak ill of others behind their backs.

Use 中傷 for the serious sense of 'slander'—false statements that damage someone's reputation, including libel and defamation; 誹謗 likewise means attacking a person with harsh words; 悪口 is everyday bad-mouthing, not legal slander.

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• 中傷ちゅうしょうslander
• 誹謗ひぼうslander
• 悪口わるぐち(verbal) abuse
• そしるto slander
• 誣いるしいるto slander
• 讒誣ざんぶslander
• 誹謗中傷ひぼうちゅうしょうslander
• 讒するざんするto slander
• 誣謗ふぼうslander
• 讒言ざんげんfalse charge
• 悪言あくげんuncomplimentary remarks
• 讒訴ざんそfalse charges
• 悪たれ口あくたれぐちabuse
• 誣言ぶげんcalumny
• 讒謗ざんぼうlibel
• 誣告ぶこくfalse accusation
• 名誉毀損めいよきそんlibel
• 讒ざんfalse charge
• 名誉毀損罪めいよきそんざい(crime of) defamation
• 誹毀ひきdefamation
• 中口なかぐちslander