悪

Meaning

悪 centers on moral or qualitative wrongness: something bad, evil, or false. It extends naturally to a person who embodies that wrongness, like a rascal or villain.

• 悪いわるい
  N5

  bad; poor; undesirable

• 最悪さいあく
  N3

  worst

• 悪魔あくま
  N3

  devil; demon; fiend

• 悪化あっか
  N2

  deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption

• 悪質あくしつ
  N1

  malicious; vicious; malignant; underhanded

• 悪口わるぐち
  N3

  (verbal) abuse; speaking ill of people; bad-mouthing; name-calling; slander; abusive language; insulting remarks

• 悪口あっこう
  N1

  (verbal) abuse; name-calling; abusive language; insulting remarks

• 悪夢あくむ
  N1

  nightmare; bad dream

• 悪意あくい
  N1

  ill will; spite; evil intention; malice

• 悪戯いたずら
  N3

  mischief; prank; trick; practical joke

• 嫌悪けんお
  N1

  disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing

• 悪影響あくえいきょう

  bad influence; negative influence

• 悪役あくやく

  villain; baddie; the villain's part

• 凶悪きょうあく

  atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious

• 悪人あくにん
  N1

  bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person

• 憎悪ぞうお
  N1

  hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation

• 悪用あくよう
  N1

  abuse; misuse; perversion

• 悪徳あくとく

  vice; immorality; corruption

• 悪者わるもの
  N1

  bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel

• 悪事あくじ
  N1

  evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; vice

• 悪あく
  N2

  evil; wickedness

• 意地悪いじわる
  N3

  malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty

• 善悪ぜんあく
  N1

  right and wrong; good and evil

• 悪性あくせい

  malignant (cancer); virulent; pernicious (anemia, anaemia)

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