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悪性 (あくしょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

悪あく性しょう

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Meanings

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noun, na-adjective

evil nature; licentiousness; lewdness

Refers to a person's inherently wicked or morally corrupt character, often with a connotation of sexual depravity. Somewhat literary or formal.

彼かれの悪あく性しょうは幼おさない頃ころから周しゅう囲いを困こまらせていた。
His evil nature troubled those around him from a young age.
その小しょう説せつの登とう場じょう人じん物ぶつは悪あく性しょうに満みちて

Kanji

悪bad, vice, rascal
性sex, gender, nature

Similar words

悪あく質しつ
悪質 means 'of bad quality' or 'malicious' (e.g., 悪質な行為), while 悪性 refers to an innate evil or lewd nature of a person.
邪じゃ悪あく
邪悪 is a more common word for 'wicked' or 'evil', whereas 悪性 is rarer and often implies a deeply rooted, almost inherent depravity.

Etymology

Compound of 悪 (aku, 'evil') and 性 (shō, 'nature'). The reading しょう for 性 is a go-on reading, often used in Buddhist or classical contexts, giving the word a somewhat formal or literary feel.

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The characters in that novel are full of licentiousness.