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悪い

わるい

Readings

わるい

Meanings

  1. 1.
    adj-ibad; poor; undesirable
  2. 2.
    adj-ipoor (quality); inferior; insufficient
  3. 3.
    adj-ievil; sinful
  4. 4.
    adj-iugly; not beautiful
  5. 5.
    adj-iat fault; to blame; in the wrong
  6. 6.
    adj-ibad (at doing something)
  7. 7.
    adj-iunprofitable; unbeneficial
  8. 8.
    int, adj-isorry; (my) bad; unforgivable

Kanji breakdown

悪
N311 strokesGrade 3

Example sentences

「顔色がわるいけど具合が悪いのかい」「そういうわけでもないよ」

"You look pale. Are you sick?" "Not exactly."

私のステレオはあなたのより音質が悪い。

My stereo set is inferior to yours in sound quality.

すいません。あなたに悪いことをしました。

I'm sorry. I did you wrong.

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悪いわるい

bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly

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