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悪い

悪い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
わる
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Adjective

悪い (-i inflection, hiragana わるい, romaji warui)

  1. bad, wicked, evil
  2. wrong, to blame
  3. inferior
  4. improper, bad, not working well
  5. harmful, damaging
  6. sick, unwell, ill
    • 吉田 (よしだ) (はい) (わる)い。
      Yoshida wa hai ga warui.
      Yoshida has sick lungs.
  7. sorry, apologetic, regretful

Inflection

Idioms

  •  (あたま) (わる) (atama ga warui)
  •  (わる) (むし) () (warui mushi ga tsuku)
  •  (わる)いようにはしない (warui yō ni wa shinai)

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.