Kanji1 / 11
悪 kanji
bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
アクオ
Kun readings
わるいわる-あしにくい-にくいああいずくにいずくんぞにくむ
Variant forms
惡Words with 悪
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —悪名は無名に勝るit is better to be infamous than unknown
- —小悪魔コード進行koakuma chord progression
- —プラダを着た悪魔The Devil Wears Prada (2003 novel by Lauren Weisberger; 2006 film)
- —悪玉コレステロールLDL cholesterol; low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; bad cholesterol
- —日本現報善悪霊異記Nihon Ryōiki (Heian-period collection of Buddhist stories)
- —悪貨は良貨を駆逐するwhen there is a legal tender currency, bad money drives out good money (Gresham's Law)
- —超悪玉コレステロールsmall low-density lipoprotein; pattern B LDL
- —悪に強いは善にも強いgreat sinners make great saints (after repenting)
- —日本国現報善悪霊異記Nihon Ryōiki (Heian-period collection of Buddhist stories)
- —悪人は畳の上では死ねないa bad person does not deserve to die in his own bed
- —悪虐atrocity; treason
- —悪方villain's part; bad shape (shogi, othello)
- —悪体abusive language
- —悪業misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
- —兇悪atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
- —奸悪wickedness; wicked person
- —悪らつcrafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
- —悪人共wicked ones; bad guys; rascals
- —悪魔憑person possessed by an evil spirit; possession by an evil spirit
- —悪虐無道treacherous; heinous; treasonous; atrocious