悪(あく)

あく
noun
evil; wickedness
1. evil; wickedness; wrongdoing
Moral wrongdoing or the concept of evil, as opposed to good.
善(ぜん)と悪(あく)の区別(くべつ)。
The distinction between good and evil.
悪(あく)に染(そ)まった人間(にんげん)を救(すく)うのは難(むずか)しい。
It is difficult to save a person who has fallen into wickedness.
この物語(ものがたり)では、悪(あく)が最後(さいご)に滅(ほろ)びて正義(せいぎ)が勝(か)つという展開(てんかい)になっている。
In this story, evil is destroyed in the end and justice prevails.

悪(あく) refers to evil or wickedness as an abstract concept. It is the opposite of 善(ぜん) (good/virtue).

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

  • 善(ぜん)と悪(あく): good and evil
  • 悪(あく)に染(そ)まる: to be tainted by evil
  • 必要(ひつよう)悪(あく): a necessary evil

Note: Do not confuse with the reading わるい (bad), which is an i-adjective. 悪(あく) as a noun refers to the abstract concept of evil.

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