Keyword
bad
Info
FrequencyTop 100
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 8
Heisig1951
Old form
Readings
わる
(62%)
あく
(31%)
(3%)
あっ
(2%)
Composed of
Asia
heart
Mnemonic

The heart of Asia is apparently in Afghanistan, where a lot of bad things are happening. War. Poverty. Terrorism. Corruption.

Used in vocabulary (567 in total)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
Examples (200 in total)
What's wrong with this?
This isn't a bad thing.
It's not bad.