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悪才 (あくさい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

悪あく才さい

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Meanings

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noun

genius for evil; wicked talent

Rare literary noun describing a person's exceptional ability for wrongdoing or malicious schemes.

彼かれは悪あく才さいに長たけた策さく略りゃく家かとして歴れき史しに名なを残のこした。
He went down in history as a schemer with a genius for evil.

Kanji

悪bad, vice, rascal
才genius, years old, cubic shaku

Similar words

悪わる知ぢ恵え
悪知恵 refers to cunning or craftiness in a more colloquial, everyday sense, while 悪才 is a rarer, more literary term emphasizing exceptional talent for evil.

Etymology

Compound of 悪 (evil) and 才 (talent, ability). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it is a rare Sino-Japanese word.