vice; bad manners; evil customs
Refers to morally bad habits, corrupt customs, or social vices. Often used in formal or literary contexts.
賭博は悪風と見なされていた。
Gambling was regarded as a vice.
その村では古い
storm; raging winds
Literary or poetic term for a violent storm or fierce winds. Not used in everyday weather reports.
船は悪風に遭って難破した。
The ship was wrecked by a storm.
Old evil customs still remain in that village.
Compound of 悪 (aku, 'bad, evil') and 風 (fū, 'wind; custom, manner'). The 'vice' sense derives from the 'custom' meaning of 風, while the 'storm' sense uses the literal 'wind' meaning.