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    3. 悪

    悪

    悪あく

    evil

    N1KMT4News #5+1CoreNounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab11 strokes

    惡

    あく

    Noun

    1.
    evil, wickedness
    2.
    (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.), the bad guy

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    悪あくは必かならず滅ほろびます。

    Evil will surely perish.

    KMT3Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれは悪あくと戦たたかうヒーローです。

    He is a hero who fights evil.

    KMT4Emotions & PsychologyAnime & Manga
    物ものが語たりの悪あく役やくはとても魅み力りょく的てきでした。

    The villain in the story was very charming.

    KMT4Emotions & PsychologyLiteratureAnime & Manga
    人にん間げんの心こころの中なかには善ぜんと悪あくが共きょう存ぞんしている。

    Good and evil coexist within the human heart.

    KMT5Emotions & PsychologyReligion & Philosophy
    悪あく事じを働はたらけば、いつか報むくいを受うけるだろう。

    If you commit evil deeds, you will eventually face consequences.

    KMT5Emotions & PsychologyReligion & Philosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    悪
    わる.い・わる-・あ.し・にく.い・-にく.い・ああ…(5)
    bad・vice・rascal・false・evil…(1)
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