► 名詞
悪 [(1)あく] [liter] meaning: bad rank: 1
☆ あの子はもう善悪の区別が付いて良い年だ ⇨ The kid is old enough to know the difference between good and bad (☛ Moral bad)
悪 [(1)あく] [liter] meaning: evil rank: 1
☆ 悪の帝国 ⇨ An evil empire
悪 [(1)わる] [coll] meaning: bad person rank: 2
☆ あいつは若い頃はワルだった ⇨ He was bad when he was young (☛ Usually a young delinquent, not to the level of serious criminals)
More examples:
- 趣味の悪い冗談 ⇨ A joke with very poor taste
- 彼女は夫の酒癖の悪さに散々泣かされた ⇨ She was made to cry, suffered a lot, by her husband’s drinking problem
- 金持ち即悪者とは限らない ⇨ It is not true that a rich person is automatically a bad person
- 事態は急速に悪化した ⇨ The situation got worse rapidly
- 私は罪悪感に苛まれた ⇨ I was tormented by guilty feeling
- 悪趣味な冗談 ⇨ Jokes with poor taste. Offensive jokes
- 悪天候で便は欠航になった ⇨ The flight was canceled because of the bad weather
- 調整しようとしたら余計調子が悪くなった ⇨ I tried to adjust it and it got even worse
- 彼は諦めが悪い ⇨ He doesn’t know how to let go. He’s a sore-loser
- 彼は罪悪感に苛まれた ⇨ He was haunted by a sense of guilt
- 彼は態度が悪い ⇨ He has a bad attitude
- 弟に意地悪をするのは止めなさい ⇨ Stop being mean to your little brother
- タバコは悪いと分かっていながら止められない ⇨ Even though I know tobacco is bad I still can’t quit
- 制度の悪用 ⇨ Abuse of system
- 彼は映画で悪役を多く演じてきた ⇨ He has been playing many villains in movies