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悪意 (あくい, akui) Japanese meaning: ill will | Kotomora
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悪あく
意い
が
感かん
じ
られ
た
。
I sensed ill will in his words.
Please stop spreading malicious rumors.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 に 悪あく 意い を 持も つ to harbor ill will toward someone
He doesn't particularly bear her any ill will.
〈 事こと 〉 を 悪あく 意い に 解かい 釈しゃく する to interpret something in a malicious or negative light
She always interprets what people say in a negative way.
悪あく 意い の 第だい 三さん 者しゃ a third party acting in bad faith (legal term)
悪あく 意い はない to have no malicious intent
I only said it as a joke; I meant no harm.
〈 人ひと 〉 から 悪あく 意い を 感かん じる to sense malice coming from someone
I sensed malice from the wording of that email.
Related words· 7 敵意 refers to overt hostility or animosity toward someone, whereas 悪意 more broadly covers hidden malice or intent to harm, including in legal contexts.
害意 specifically means intent to harm and is rarer and more formal, while 悪意 is the general everyday and legal term for ill will.
恨み is a grudge or resentment stemming from a past wrong, while 悪意 is the active intent to harm or deceive someone, regardless of cause.
悪意 is a noun meaning 'malice' or 'ill will' focusing on intent, while 悪質 is an adjective describing an act, method, or thing as malicious.
Show 3 more 悪意 is a more formal and legalistic term for malice or bad faith, while 悪気 is more colloquial and often used in everyday apologies or explanations.
悪意 specifically means malice or ill will, whereas 他意 is broader and can denote any hidden motive, not necessarily malicious.
悪意 names the malicious intent directly, while 毒 describes the venomous, biting quality that shows up in words or attitude.
Opposites 悪意 means ill will or malicious intent, while 善意 means good faith or good intentions, its direct opposite in both everyday and legal contexts.
悪意 is malicious intent or ill will, the direct opposite of the kind, favorable feeling expressed by 好意.
Don't confuse with 悪気 is a casual word for ill intent often used in the negative phrase 悪気はない (I didn't mean any harm), while 悪意 is more formal and used in legal or written contexts.
悪意 means general malice or ill will toward someone, whereas 殺意 is the specific, conscious intent to kill.
悪 refers to abstract moral evil or wickedness, while 悪意 specifically means malicious intent behind a particular act.
Etymology Compound of 悪 (aku, 'bad, evil') and 意 (i, 'mind, intention'). The reading is on'yomi.
A third party acting in bad faith may not receive legal protection.
故こ 意い
N1
悪意 specifically means malice or ill will, whereas 故意 only means the act was done knowingly and does not require hatred or bad intent toward anyone.
