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大悪人 (だいあくにん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

大だい悪あく人にん

だ

い

あ

く

に

ん

Meanings

1

noun

great villain; monster; fiend

Strongly negative term for a person of extreme evil or wickedness, often used in dramatic or emphatic contexts.

彼かれは歴れき史し上じょうの大だい悪あく人にんとして知しられている。
He is known as a great villain in history.
あの大

だい

悪あく

人にん

が

ついに

捕つか

まっ

た

。

That fiend was finally caught.

Kanji

大large, big
悪bad, vice, rascal
人person

Similar words

悪あく人にん
悪人 is a general term for a bad person or villain, while 大悪人 emphasizes extreme wickedness or notoriety.
極ごく悪あく人にん
極悪人 also means a heinous criminal, but 大悪人 can carry a more dramatic or literary tone.

Etymology

Compound of 大 (dai, 'great') and 悪人 (akunin, 'villain, bad person'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a common pattern of intensifying a noun with 大.