あく
Meanings
Noun
1. evil; wickedness
2. (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (141 in total)
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
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
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
eating strange food; eating bizarre things; simple diet; plain food; eating meat (thus breaking Buddhist rules)
bad karma; sinful deed; evil deed
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
wicked; evil
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
heinous
wickedness; wicked person
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
wild pitch
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
good and evil
atrocity; (arch.) treason
crime; sin; vice
malignant or virulent disease
villain; baddie; the villain's part
abuse; misuse; perversion
various evils; every kind of evil; all evils
to do mischief; to use abusive language
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
malignant (cancer); virulent; pernicious (anemia, anaemia)
vice; immorality; corruption
bad influence; negative influence
bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism
evil god
evil thought; malicious motive
making a show of one's faults
dissolute priest; depraved monk; ferocious warrior monk
atrocity; outrage; heinousness
hard fighting; close contest
evil destiny
the ten abominations (the ten most grievous offenses under traditional Chinese law); the ten evil deeds
many sins; long-standing evils
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
scoundrel; rascal; villain
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck
coarse; crude; inferior
rowdiness; rowdy (person or event)
dangerous area; perilous road; red-light district; house of ill repute; brothel
unlucky day
villain's part; bad shape (shogi, othello)
inhuman; wicked; evil
evil spirit
bad taste
stink; bad odor; bad odour; stench
abusive language
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
wicked woman; ugly woman
ill-natured; inconstancy
harm; injury; evil (influence)
bad habit; vice
bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; notoriety
eating strange food; eating bizarre things; simple diet; plain food; eating meat (thus breaking Buddhist rules)
inferior; coarse; poor quality; inadequate; deteriorated
vicious circle; vicious cycle
ill feeling; ill will; animosity; bad impression
necessary evil
bad weather
to affect adversely; to have a negative influence (on)
misgovernment; misrule; bad government
bad impression
good and evil
bad character; bad person; villain; baddie
unfavorable conditions; unfavourable conditions
evil destiny or connection; unfortunate love
deterioration; changing for the worse
worldliness; vulgarity; coarseness
pretense of evil; pretence of evil
evil countenance
absolute evil
bad law; (arch.) evil ways; (arch.) evil way of doing things
bad wife
past misdeeds; old crimes
to steeped in vice
poor handwriting
the wrong hands; hands of evil
violence
vice; abuse; evil
social ills
uncomplimentary remarks; slander
ill feeling; ill will; antipathy; animosity
evil thought; malicious motive; spite
vice; bad manners; evil customs; storm; raging winds
savage; ferocious; atrocious
bad example; bad precedent
bad disease; malignant disease
rascal; scoundrel; villain
Axis of Evil (Iran, Iraq and North Korea)
ill-gotten money; bad coin
impure blood
harmful book
wrong course; evil course
bad style; poor writing
root of evil; bad cause
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
bad habit; evil practices
handsome villain
plot; trick; evil scheme
false propaganda
charm against evil spirits; talisman; amulet
bad weather
karmic retribution
cachexia; cachexy; wasting syndrome
villain's part; bad shape (shogi, othello)
poor policy; poor plan
adverse stock market factor; bearish market factor; negative factor
misguided equality; misconceived equality; leaning over backwards to be impartial
bad translation
to lead astray; to lure a person to evil ways
the five sins (murder, theft, adultery, falsehood, and alcohol)
wicked woman
bad friend (who leads one away from Buddhism)
head gangster
throwing error
right and wrong
to be inclined to evil
wild horse; unmanageable horse
genius for evil
radical evil (in Kantian philosophy)
evil nature; licentiousness; lewdness
wickedness
poor (tasting); low quality; bad situation
badland
great sinners make great saints (after repenting)
skid row; underworld
shabby clothes
cheap liquor
undrinkable water
irrational tax
evil tongue; gossip
evil angels
bad decree
old evils; evils committed in a previous existence
practical joke; bad joke
don't hasten into action when you have doubts
Examples (2 in total)
Evil is easy, and has infinite forms.
The allies defeated the evil empire in the fierce battle.