悪
N1あく aku
- evil
- wickedness
noun
Chinese meanings
恶;邪恶
Examples
- 彼は人種差別を悪だと決めつけた。He condemned racial discrimination as evil.他断定种族歧视是邪恶的。
- 競争それ自体は善でも悪でもない。Competition is neither good nor evil in itself.竞争本身既不是善也不是恶。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('0812660ad4'); // 悪
{
"id": "0812660ad4",
"word": "悪",
"reading": "あく",
"romaji": "aku",
"meanings": [
"evil",
"wickedness"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1151230,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼は人種差別を悪だと決めつけた。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{人種差別|じんしゅさべつ}を{悪|あく}だと{決|き}めつけた。",
"en": "He condemned racial discrimination as evil.",
"tatoeba_id": 103552
},
{
"ja": "競争それ自体は善でも悪でもない。",
"furigana": "{競争|きょうそう}それ{自体|じたい}は{善|ぜん}でも{悪|あく}でもない。",
"en": "Competition is neither good nor evil in itself.",
"tatoeba_id": 181522
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "53f6c043e65310dca61b2549bd622eaa65fab030d591e24a7434ce263c8efab3",
"meanings": [
"恶",
"邪恶"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼は人種差別を悪だと決めつけた。",
"zh": "他断定种族歧视是邪恶的。"
},
{
"ja": "競争それ自体は善でも悪でもない。",
"zh": "竞争本身既不是善也不是恶。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/0812660ad4",
"JMdict ent_seq 1151230; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "7a107ff71b6f147bf54ae4c5c81706d3e52c2ed845eae31129dfd15fcd471cac",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}