悪あく人にん

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Meanings

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

General term for a morally bad person, often used in contrast with 善人 (good person). Can be used in both serious and dramatic contexts.

〈人ひと〉を悪あく人にんにするto make someone out to be the bad guy
みんな彼かれを悪あく人にんにしてしまった。
Everyone ended up making him out to be the villain.
悪あく人にんを演えんじるto play the role of a villain
彼かれはドラマで悪あく人にんを演えんじるのが得とく意いだ。
He's good at playing villains in dramas.
〈人ひと〉を悪あく人にん扱あつかいするto treat someone as if they were a villain
彼かれは何なにもしていないのに悪あく人にん扱あつかいされた。
He was treated like a villain even though he hadn't done anything.

悪あく人にんどもwicked people; bad guys; rascals
悪あく人にんは畳たたみの上うえでは死しねないa bad person does not deserve to die peacefully in their own bed

悪わる者ものN1
悪者 is the everyday, storybook word for a 'bad guy,' while 悪人 is more formal and carries a moralistic tone.
悪あく党とう
悪党 suggests a scheming rogue or gang member, whereas 悪人 is a broader, more general term for a morally bad person.
悪あっ漢かん
悪漢 is a somewhat literary word for a villainous man, while 悪人 is the plain, unmarked term usable for anyone.
犯はん罪ざい者しゃ
犯罪者 specifically means someone who has committed a crime, while 悪人 refers more broadly to a morally bad person, criminal or not.

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奸かん
悪人 is a general word for a bad or evil person, while 奸 specifically stresses cunning, scheming wickedness.
悪あく女じょN1
悪人 is a general term for a bad person of either sex, while 悪女 specifically singles out a wicked woman.
悪あくN2
悪人 names a concrete bad person, while 悪 used for 'villain' is a more literary or abstract way to refer to the same role.
罪ざい人にん
悪人 describes a morally bad or wicked person in general, while 罪人 specifically implies guilt for a crime or sin.

善ぜん人にん
善人 means a good, virtuous person, the direct opposite of 悪人, a bad person or villain.
聖せい人じん
悪人 means a wicked or evil person, the moral opposite of the virtuous 聖人.

Compound of 悪 (aku, 'bad, evil') and 人 (nin, 'person'). The reading あくにん follows the on'yomi pattern.