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たちの悪い (たちのわるい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
expression, noun-modifying (irregular)
nasty ; vicious ; ill-natured ; of bad character
Describes a person, behavior, or thing that is fundamentally mean-spirited, malicious, or troublesome. Often used in the phrase たちが悪い (predicative) or たちの悪い (attributive).
See also: たちが悪い
Antonyms: たちの良い
Written forms たちの 悪わる い
Standard kana-kanji spelling; the most common written form.
タチの 悪わる い
Katakana spelling sometimes used for emphasis or in informal writing.
質たち の 悪わる い
Kanji spelling using 質; less common and may be confused with しつのわるい.
性質たち の 悪わる い
Kanji spelling using 性質; rare and somewhat redundant.
substance, quality, matter
Similar words たちが 悪わる い Predicative form used at the end of a sentence (e.g., あの人はたちが悪い). たちの悪い is the attributive form modifying a noun.
たちの 良よ い Antonym meaning 'good-natured' or 'of good character'.
Etymology From たち (nature, character) + の (possessive particle) + 悪い (bad). The noun たち is often written in kana.
