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奸邪 (かんじゃ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

奸かん邪じゃ

Meanings

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noun

wicked person; evil thing

Literary or formal term for a person or thing that is morally corrupt or evil. Often used in historical or dramatic contexts.

彼かれは奸かん邪じゃの徒ととして歴れき史しに名なを残のこした。
He went down in history as a wicked person.
その奸かん邪じゃな企たくらみはすぐに暴あばかれた。
The evil scheme was soon exposed.

Written forms

奸かん邪じゃUsage100%
Standard kanji form; 奸 carries a nuance of cunning or wickedness.
姦かん邪じゃ
Variant form using 姦, which can imply lewdness or wickedness; less common than 奸邪.

Kanji

奸wickedness, mischief, rudeness
邪wicked, injustice, wrong

wicked, mischief, seduce

Similar words

悪あく人にん
悪人 is a more common, everyday word for a bad or evil person, while 奸邪 is literary and emphasizes cunning wickedness.
邪じゃ悪あく
邪悪 is a general adjective/noun for evil or wickedness, whereas 奸邪 specifically refers to a person or thing that is wickedly cunning.

Etymology

Compound of 奸 (cunning, wicked) and 邪 (evil, wrong). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination has been used in classical Chinese and Japanese texts to denote moral corruption.