アク
Meanings
Noun
1. evil; wickedness
I think this is similar to the relationship between good and evil.
2. (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
Don't forget your role as the bad guy.
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (138 in total)
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
harm; injury; evil (influence)
wicked; evil
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
dangerous area; perilous road; red-light district; house of ill repute; brothel
deterioration; change for the worse
bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
wicked woman; ugly woman
right and wrong; good and evil
crime; sin; vice
eating strange food; eating bizarre things; simple diet; plain food; eating meat (thus breaking Buddhist rules)
undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
scoundrel; rascal; villain
evil spirit
villain; baddie; the villain's part
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
vice; immorality; corruption
abusive language
abuse; misuse; perversion
bad smell; foul smell; offensive odor; stench; stink
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
bad influence; negative influence
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism
ill-natured; inconstancy
bad habit; vice
eating strange food; eating bizarre things; simple diet; plain food; eating meat (thus breaking Buddhist rules)
heinous
poor (quality, conditions, etc.); bad; inferior; poor-quality
bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; notoriety
demonic; devilish; satanic; diabolic
vicious circle; vicious cycle
ill feeling; ill will; animosity; bad impression
malignant (cancer); virulent; pernicious (anemia, anaemia)
evil god
coarse; crude; inferior
necessary evil
bad weather
atrocity; (arch.) treason
misgovernment; misrule; bad government
bad impression
good and evil
evil thought; malicious motive
bad character; bad person; villain; baddie
unfavorable conditions; unfavourable conditions
bad karma; sinful deed; evil deed
evil destiny or connection; unfortunate love
pretense of evil; pretence of evil
changing (something) for the worse; disimprovement; deterioration
vulgar; coarse; lowbrow
absolute evil
evil countenance
bad law; (arch.) evil ways; (arch.) evil way of doing things
various evils; every kind of evil; all evils
bad wife
past misdeeds; old crimes
poor handwriting
the wrong hands; hands of evil
violence
rowdiness; rowdy (person or event)
corrupt practice; evil practice; bad custom; abuse; evil ways
social ills
uncomplimentary remarks; slander
evil thought; malicious motive; spite
ill feeling; ill will; antipathy; animosity
vice; bad manners; evil customs; storm; raging winds
making a show of one's faults
savage; ferocious; atrocious
dissolute priest; depraved monk; ferocious warrior monk
wickedness; wicked person
atrocity; outrage; heinousness
bad example; bad precedent
bad disease; malignant disease
hard fighting; close contest
rascal; scoundrel; villain
unlucky day
Axis of Evil (Iran, Iraq and North Korea)
worsening; deterioration; exacerbation; aggravation (of a disease)
impure blood
evil destiny
ill-gotten money; bad coin
harmful book
wrong course; evil course
root of evil; bad cause
bad style; poor writing
the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell
plot; trick; evil scheme
handsome villain
bad habit; evil practices
the five sins (murder, theft, adultery, falsehood, and alcohol)
negative campaign; smear campaign; malicious propaganda
charm against evil spirits; talisman; amulet
bad weather
the ten abominations (the ten most grievous offenses under traditional Chinese law); the ten evil deeds
karmic retribution
cachexia; wasting syndrome
poor policy; poor plan
villain's part; bad shape (shogi, othello)
villain's part; bad shape (shogi, othello)
accumulation of bad deeds; accumulated sins
adverse stock market factor; bearish market factor; negative factor
evil nature; licentiousness; lewdness
misguided equality; misconceived equality; leaning over backwards to be impartial
inhuman; wicked; evil
bad translation
bad throw; wild throw
wicked woman
head gangster
bad friend (who leads one away from Buddhism)
right and wrong
bad throw; wild throw; throwing error
wild horse; unmanageable horse
genius for evil
radical evil (in Kantianism)
cheap liquor
evil angels
wickedness
poor (tasting); low quality; bad situation
badlands
skid row; underworld
shabby clothes
malignant or virulent disease
undrinkable water
irrational tax
evil tongue; gossip
bad decree
old evils; evils committed in a previous existence
practical joke; bad joke
don't hasten into action when you have doubts
drain for industrial waste and sewage
Les Fleurs du mal
Examples (9 in total)
I do have the will to fight evil!
There is no evil that lasts forever.
Tragedy does not necessarily arise from evil.