Kanji
Readingあく
Frequency31%
Used in (257 in total)
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
nightmare; bad dream
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
feelings of guilt
wicked; evil
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
villain; baddie; the villain's part
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
scoundrel; rascal; villain
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
vice; immorality; corruption
worst; worst-case (scenario)
stink; bad odor; bad odour; stench
abusive language
(young) seductress; temptress; little devil; imp
abuse; misuse; perversion
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
good and evil
bad influence; negative influence
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
wicked woman; ugly woman
bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)
ill-natured; inconstancy
crime; sin; vice
bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; (arch.) evil deed; (arch.) wrongdoing; (arch.) wrongdoer
bad habit; vice
undesirable friend; bad company; bad companion; partner-in-crime (i.e. good friend); close friend; buddy
eating strange food; eating bizarre things; simple diet; plain food; eating meat (thus breaking Buddhist rules)
inferior; coarse; poor quality; inadequate; deteriorated
harm; injury; evil (influence)
undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
to commit a crime; to do evil
vicious circle; vicious cycle
utter villain; atrocious fiend; devil
ill feeling; ill will; animosity; bad impression
malignant (cancer); virulent; pernicious (anemia, anaemia)
worst of the worst; despicable; extremely bad
heinous criminal; vicious criminal
infamous; notorious
coarse; crude; inferior
bad boy; naughty child; brat
inhuman; heinous; atrocious
inferior goods; faulty item
to affect adversely; to have a negative influence (on)
atrocity; (arch.) treason
misgovernment; misrule; bad government
great evil; scum of the earth; monster; fiend
atrocious crime; heinous crime
curse; vilification
good and evil
worst-ever; history's worst
evil thought; malicious motive
to give off a stench; to stink
heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
devil worship; diabolism; diabolatry; Satanism
unfavorable conditions; unfavourable conditions
making a show of one's faults
bad habit; bad custom; evil practice; vice
bad karma; sinful deed; evil deed
evil destiny or connection; unfortunate love
rewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice
deterioration; changing for the worse
worldliness; vulgarity; coarseness
pretense of evil; pretence of evil
probatio diabolica; devil's proof
bad character; bad person; villain; baddie
various evils; every kind of evil; all evils
evil countenance
bad law; (arch.) evil ways; (arch.) evil way of doing things
to gain a bad reputation; to fall into ill repute
ill feeling; ill will; antipathy; animosity
past misdeeds; old crimes
wicked ones; bad guys; rascals
scum of the earth; monster; fiend
having the luck to escape trouble (your behaviour has landed you in)
to steeped in vice
hard fighting; close contest
malignant tumor; malignant tumour
the wrong hands; hands of evil
poor handwriting
worst ... of one's life
distinction between right and wrong; distinction between good and bad
rowdiness; rowdy (person or event)
vice; abuse; evil
dangerous area; perilous road; red-light district; house of ill repute; brothel
unscrupulous business practices; fraudulent business practices; crooked business practices
to come to one's senses
treacherous; heinous; treasonous; atrocious
uncomplimentary remarks; slander
cynicism (of mankind); belief that human nature is fundamentally evil
bad weather
evil thought; malicious motive; spite
vice; bad manners; evil customs; storm; raging winds
savage; ferocious; atrocious
atrocity; outrage; heinousness
bad voice; evil speaking
dissolute priest; depraved monk; ferocious warrior monk
committing every evil; being given to evil ways; following the path of evil
shyster; pettifogger; unscrupulous lawyer; crooked lawyer
bad example; bad precedent
bad disease; malignant disease
violent; cruel; fiendish
rascal; scoundrel; villain
wickedness; wicked person
Axis of Evil (Iran, Iraq and North Korea)
ill-gotten money; bad coin
offensive joke
unlucky day
extreme brutality; atrocity; heinousness; heinous nature
root of evil; bad cause
record low; worst ever
wrong course; evil course
harmful book
bad style; poor writing
the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell; three evils (prostitution, drugs and venereal diseases)
bad money
utter villain; atrocious fiend; devil
being apt to make a show of one's faults; penchant for boasting of one's faults; pretending to be worse than one really is
to punish the wicked
stupid brat; mischievous kid; troublemaker
satanism; devil worship
punishing evil
sow evil and reap evil; evil acts bring evil outcomes
handsome villain
plot; trick; evil scheme
bad habit; evil practices
rights and wrongs; the relative merits (of a case); propriety
pathogenic bacteria; bad bacteria; harmful bacteria
impure blood
mean old woman
pernicious anemia; pernicious anaemia
to do mischief; to use abusive language
malignant disease; virulent disease
the ten abominations (the ten most grievous offenses under traditional Chinese law); the ten evil deeds
karmic retribution
easy come, easy go; lightly comes, lightly goes; soon gotten soon spent
heinous criminal; vicious criminal
propensity to put oneself in as bad a light as possible; being prone to act bad
cachexia; cachexy; wasting syndrome
exorcism; praying down evil spirits
poor policy; poor plan
many sins; long-standing evils
good and evil dualism; Manicheanism
LDL cholesterol; low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; bad cholesterol
charm against evil spirits; talisman; amulet
villain's part; bad shape (shogi, othello)
abuse; insult; slander; evil speaking
black sabbath; witches' sabbath
bad translation
misguided equality; misconceived equality; leaning over backwards to be impartial
adverse stock market factor; bearish market factor; negative factor
when there is a legal tender currency, bad money drives out good money (Gresham's Law)
inhuman; wicked; evil
malignancy; viciousness; underhandedness
the five sins (murder, theft, adultery, falsehood, and alcohol)
to lead astray; to lure a person to evil ways
right and wrong; right or wrong
The evil persons are the right object of Amida's salvation; The evil persons have the unique opportunity to go to heaven
malignant growth; malignant neoplasm
bad friend (who leads one away from Buddhism)
Good and evil are but two faces of the same coin
bad boy; naughty boy
wicked woman
bad news traveling fast; ill news spreading like wildfire
it is better to be infamous than unknown
right and wrong
head gangster
great treachery; very atrocious person
perverseness; perverse person
to entice a person to do something wrong
radical evil (in Kantian philosophy)
a law is a law, however undesirable it may be
worst period of time
the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell
the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell
to be inclined to evil
genius for evil
wild horse; unmanageable horse
Satanic school
evil nature; licentiousness; lewdness
Nihon Ryōiki (Heian period collection of Buddhist stories); An Account of Miracles in Japan; Miraculous Stories from the Japanese Buddhist Tradition
shabby clothes and plain foods
great sinners make great saints (after repenting)
difficult battle
unscrupulous business practices; fraudulent business practices; crooked business practices
poor (tasting); low quality; bad situation
malignant or virulent disease
a bad person does not deserve to die in his own bed
bad deeds punish themselves; you reap what you sow
at the worst time; at worst; at the worst level
sin tax (excise, etc. on certain goods deemed harmful to society and individuals)
doing as much evil as one wants
Nihon Ryōiki (Heian period collection of Buddhist stories); An Account of Miracles in Japan; Miraculous Stories from the Japanese Buddhist Tradition
(child in the) terrifying threes
undrinkable water
a bad wife spells the ruin of her husband; a bad wife means a hundred years of bad luck to her husband
incomparably ruthless; diabolical
malignant edema; malignant oedema
old evils; evils committed in a previous existence
shabby clothes
cheap liquor
evil tongue; gossip
don't hasten into action when you have doubts
practical joke; bad joke
irrational tax
skid row; underworld
small low-density lipoprotein; pattern B LDL
supervillain; arch-villain
A virtuous person does (should) not commit an act that offends his moral principles no matter how hard pressed he may be