Kanji悪
Readingあく
Frequency32%
Used in (275 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
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
nightmare; bad dream
feelings of guilt
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
wicked; evil
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
scoundrel; rascal; villain
villain; baddie; the villain's part
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
villainess; antagonist young lady
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
vice; immorality; corruption
worst; worst-case (scenario)
abusive language
bad smell; foul smell; offensive odor; stench; stink
(young) seductress; temptress; little devil; imp
abuse; misuse; perversion
wicked woman; ugly woman
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
bad influence; negative influence
right and wrong; good and evil
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.); poor decision; bad move
ill-natured; inconstancy
bad habit; vice
crime; sin; 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)
harm; injury; evil (influence)
bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; (arch.) evil deed; (arch.) wrongdoing; (arch.) wrongdoer
poor (quality, conditions, etc.); bad; inferior; poor-quality
infamous; notorious
undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck
demonic; devilish; satanic; diabolic
to commit a crime; to do evil
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
vicious circle; vicious cycle
utter villain; atrocious fiend; devil
ill feeling; ill will; animosity; bad impression
worst of the worst; despicable; extremely bad
malignant (cancer); virulent; pernicious (anemia, anaemia)
heinous criminal; vicious criminal
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
great evil; scum of the earth; monster; fiend
misgovernment; misrule; bad government
worst-ever; history's worst
coquettish; teasing; mischievous; devilish
atrocious crime; heinous crime
curse; vilification
heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
good and evil
to give off a stench; to stink
evil thought; malicious motive
devil worship; diabolism; diabolatry; Satanism
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
unfavorable conditions; unfavourable conditions
bad karma; sinful deed; evil deed
bad habit; bad custom; evil practice; vice
evil destiny or connection; unfortunate love
rewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice
pretense of evil; pretence of evil
changing (something) for the worse; disimprovement; deterioration
vulgar; coarse; lowbrow
probatio diabolica; devil's proof
various evils; every kind of evil; all evils
self-deprecating
bad character; bad person; villain; baddie
evil countenance
bad law; (arch.) evil ways; (arch.) evil way of doing things
having the luck to escape trouble (your behaviour has landed you in)
to gain a bad reputation; to fall into ill repute
scum of the earth; monster; fiend
to be steeped in vice
ill feeling; ill will; antipathy; animosity
wicked ones; bad guys; rascals
past misdeeds; old crimes
distinction between right and wrong; distinction between good and bad
malignant tumor; malignant tumour; malignancy; cancer
poor handwriting
the wrong hands; hands of evil
hard fighting; close contest
worst ... of one's life
unscrupulous business practices; fraudulent business practices; crooked business practices
rowdiness; rowdy (person or event)
dangerous area; perilous road; red-light district; house of ill repute; brothel
treacherous; heinous; treasonous; atrocious
corrupt practice; evil practice; bad custom; abuse; evil ways
to come to one's senses
making a show of one's faults
uncomplimentary remarks; slander
world where those who have committed bad deeds in this life go; evil realm
Laplace's demon (hypothetical omniscient observer)
cynicism (of mankind); belief that human nature is fundamentally evil
bad weather
evil thought; malicious motive; spite
committing every evil; being given to evil ways; following the path of evil
vice; bad manners; evil customs; storm; raging winds
savage; ferocious; atrocious
atrocity; outrage; heinousness
bad voice; evil speaking
offensive joke
dissolute priest; depraved monk; ferocious warrior monk
shyster; pettifogger; unscrupulous lawyer; crooked lawyer
bad example; bad precedent
violent; cruel; fiendish
bad disease; malignant disease
extreme brutality; atrocity; heinousness; heinous nature
rascal; scoundrel; villain
record low; worst ever
Axis of Evil (Iran, Iraq and North Korea)
wickedness; wicked person
unlucky day
worsening; deterioration; exacerbation; aggravation (of a disease)
ill-gotten money; bad coin
root of evil; bad cause
bad money
wrong course; evil course
harmful book
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
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)
to punish the wicked
utter villain; atrocious fiend; devil
plot; trick; evil scheme
stupid brat; mischievous kid; troublemaker
deterioration; change for the worse
satanism; devil worship
handsome villain
sow evil and reap evil; evil acts bring evil outcomes
punishing evil
bad habit; evil practices
rights and wrongs; the relative merits (of a case); propriety
impure blood
the five sins (murder, theft, adultery, falsehood, and alcohol)
pathogenic bacteria; bad bacteria; harmful bacteria
negative campaign; smear campaign; malicious propaganda
malignant disease; virulent disease
mean old woman
pernicious anemia; pernicious anaemia
to do mischief; to use abusive language
easy come, easy go; lightly comes, lightly goes; soon gotten soon spent
the ten abominations (the ten most grievous offenses under traditional Chinese law); the ten evil deeds
karmic retribution
heinous criminal; vicious criminal
exorcism; praying down evil spirits
propensity to put oneself in as bad a light as possible; being prone to act bad
cachexia; wasting syndrome
black sabbath; witches' sabbath
good and evil dualism; Manicheanism
poor policy; poor plan
charm against evil spirits; talisman; amulet
abuse; insult; slander; evil speaking
accumulation of bad deeds; accumulated sins
LDL cholesterol; low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; bad cholesterol
villain's part; bad shape (shogi, othello)
adverse stock market factor; bearish market factor; negative factor
evil nature; licentiousness; lewdness
malignancy; viciousness; underhandedness
inhuman; wicked; evil
misguided equality; misconceived equality; leaning over backwards to be impartial
when there is a legal tender currency, bad money drives out good money (Gresham's Law)
bad boy; naughty boy
bad translation
right and wrong; right or wrong
to lead astray; to lure a person to evil ways
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
right and wrong
head gangster
to be inclined to evil
wicked woman
bad news traveling fast; ill news spreading like wildfire
it is better to be infamous than unknown
perverseness; perverse person
bad throw; wild throw; throwing error
great treachery; very atrocious person
to entice a person to do something wrong
radical evil (in Kantianism)
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
unscrupulous business practices; fraudulent business practices; crooked business practices
genius for evil
bad throw; wild throw
wild horse; unmanageable horse
The Devil Wears Prada (2003 novel by Lauren Weisberger; 2006 film)
Satanic school
Nihon Ryōiki (Heian-period collection of Buddhist stories)
shabby clothes and plain foods
great sinners make great saints (after repenting)
difficult battle
cheap liquor
poor (tasting); low quality; bad situation
minor villain; small-time crook; henchman
a bad person does not deserve to die in his own bed
bad deeds punish themselves; you reap what you sow
person possessed by an evil spirit; possession by an evil spirit
at the worst time; at worst; at the worst level
terrifying threes; terrible threes; threenager phase; (lit.) devilish threes
sin tax (excise, etc. on certain goods deemed harmful to society and individuals)
doing as much evil as one wants; heedlessly wicked
threenager; child in the terrifying threes
Nihon Ryōiki (Heian-period collection of Buddhist stories)
undrinkable water
incomparably ruthless; diabolical
a bad wife spells the ruin of her husband; a bad wife means a hundred years of bad luck to her husband
malignant edema; malignant oedema
drain for industrial waste and sewage
old evils; evils committed in a previous existence
shabby clothes
Les Fleurs du mal
evil tongue; gossip
don't hasten into action when you have doubts
practical joke; bad joke
malignant or virulent disease
fraudulent website; scam site
irrational tax
skid row; underworld
small low-density lipoprotein; pattern B LDL
supervillain; arch-villain
a virtuous person should not commit an act that offends their moral principles no matter how hard pressed they may be