悪あく事じ

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じ

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; vice

Refers to morally bad acts, criminal behavior, or wickedness. Often used in serious or formal contexts.

彼かれは悪あく事じを働はたらいて捕つかまった。
He was caught committing a crime.
悪あく事じは必かならず露ろ見けんするものだ。
Evil deeds will inevitably come to light.

2

misfortune; calamity

Rare, somewhat archaic usage for bad luck or disaster. Modern Japanese usually prefers 不幸 or 災難.

古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、悪あく事じが不ふ幸こうを意い味みすることもある。
In old texts, 悪事 can sometimes mean misfortune.

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Usage patterns

悪あく事じを暴あばくto expose wrongdoing
記き者しゃが政せい治じ家かの悪あく事じを暴あばいた。
The reporter exposed the politician's wrongdoing.
悪あく事じがばれるfor one's wrongdoing to be discovered
とうとう彼かれの悪あく事じがばれた。
At last, his wrongdoing was found out.
悪あく事じに手てを染そめるto get involved in wrongdoing
彼かれは借しゃっ金きんのために悪あく事じに手てを染そめた。
He got involved in wrongdoing because of his debts.
悪あく事じを重かさねるto repeat one's wrongdoings
その男おとこは悪あく事じを重かさねてついに逮たい捕ほされた。
The man repeated his wrongdoings and was finally arrested.

Expressions

悪あく事じ千せん里りbad news travels fast
悪あく事じを働はたらくcommit a crime; do evil
悪あく事じを唆そそのかすentice someone to do wrong; tempt into wrongdoing
悪あく事じ千せん里りを行いくbad news travels fast
悪あく事じ千せん里りを走はしるbad news travels fast
悪あく事じ身みにとまるbad deeds punish themselves; you reap what you sow

Kanji

悪bad, vice, rascal
事matter, thing, fact

Related words· 7

犯はん罪ざいN3sense 1
犯罪 is the standard legal term for a crime, while 悪事 has a broader moral connotation of wrongdoing that need not be illegal.
悪あく行ぎょう sense 1
悪行 often refers to cumulative or habitual evil deeds in a moral or Buddhist context, while 悪事 usually points to a specific act of wrongdoing.
罪つみN3sense 1
罪 means sin or guilt in a broad ethical or religious sense, while 悪事 refers concretely to an act of wrongdoing.
不ふ正せいN3sense 1
不正 refers to fraud, corruption, or unfair dealing, whereas 悪事 is a more general term for evil or wrongful acts.

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悪わるさ
悪事 refers to a serious or clearly wrongful act, whereas 悪さ is typically lighter, naughty mischief, especially by children or animals.
犯はん行こうN1
悪事 is a somewhat literary word for wrongdoing or misdeeds in general, while 犯行 specifically denotes a legally defined criminal act.
罪ざい悪あく
悪事 refers to a specific wrongdoing or evil deed someone commits, while 罪悪 is the more abstract concept of sin or moral wrongness itself.

Opposites

善ぜん行こう sense 1
善行 means a good deed, the direct moral opposite of 悪事's evil deed.

Counted with

件けんN2sense 1
悪事 is typically counted with 件, the counter for cases or incidents, as in 悪事を一件働く.

Etymology

Compound of 悪 (aku, 'evil') and 事 (ji, 'matter, thing'). The reading あくじ follows standard on'yomi.