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
- N3悪魔Populardevil; demon; fiend; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
- N1悪Popularevil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
- N1悪化Populardeterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
- N1悪口Popular(verbal) abuse; name-calling; abusive language; insulting remarks
- N1改悪changing (something) for the worse; disimprovement; deterioration
- N1悪日unlucky day
- —悪意Popularill will; spite; evil intention; malice; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; criminal intent to deceive; malice
- —悪事Popularevil deed; wrongdoing; crime; vice; misfortune; calamity
- —悪質Popularmalicious; vicious; malignant; underhanded; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality; second-rate
- —悪臭Popularbad smell; foul smell; offensive odor; stench; stink
- —悪女Popularwicked woman; ugly woman
- —悪人Popularbad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
- —悪性Popularmalignant (cancer); virulent; pernicious (anemia, anaemia)
- —悪徳Popularvice; immorality; corruption
- —悪夢Popularnightmare; bad dream
- —悪役Popularvillain; baddie; the villain's part
- —悪用Popularabuse; misuse; perversion
- —険悪Populardangerous; perilous; threatening; stormy; volatile; tense; critical; serious; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp; harsh
- —最悪Popularworst; horrible; horrid; awful; terrible; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
- —醜悪Popularugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful