諸しょ悪あく

noun

all evils; every kind of evil

Often used in formal or literary contexts to refer to the totality of evil or wickedness. Frequently appears in the phrase 諸悪の根源 (the root of all evil).

• 金きん銭せん欲よくは諸しょ悪あくの根こん源げんだと言いわれる。

  The love of money is said to be the root of all evil.

• 彼かれは諸しょ悪あくを断たつために修しゅ行ぎょうを始はじめた。

  He began ascetic practices to cut off all evils.