悪あく逆ぎゃく

na-adjective, noun

atrocity; heinous crime

Refers to extremely wicked or cruel acts, often in a formal or literary context. Used as both a noun and a na-adjective.

• その独どく裁さい者しゃは数かず々かずの悪あく逆ぎゃくを犯おかした。

  The dictator committed numerous atrocities.

• 悪あく逆ぎゃく非ひ道どうな行こう為いは決けっして許ゆるされない。

  Atrocious and inhuman acts can never be forgiven.

na-adjective, noun

treason (archaic)

Archaic legal term for treason, specifically one of the eight grave offenses (八虐) in the Ritsuryō code. Not used in modern Japanese outside historical contexts.

See also: 八虐

• 律りつ令りょう制せいでは、悪あく逆ぎゃくは八はち虐ぎゃくの一ひとつとされていた。

  Under the Ritsuryō system, treason was considered one of the eight grave offenses.