悪 人(あくにん)

あくにん

noun

villain; bad person; evil person

1. villain; bad person; evil person

A person who does bad things or has bad intentions. Used in both literal contexts (a criminal) and figurative or dramatic ones (a villain in a story).

悪人(あくにん)を捕(つか)まえた。

They caught the villain.

彼(かれ)はドラマの中(なか)で悪人(あくにん)を演(えん)じている。

He is playing a villain in the drama.

悪人(あくにん)のように見(み)えるが、本当(ほんとう)は心(こころ)の優(やさ)しい人(ひと)だ。

He looks like a villain, but he is actually a kind-hearted person.

Combines 悪(あく) (evil) + 人(にん) (person). Commonly used in fiction, news, and everyday speech.

Common collocations

悪人(あくにん)を捕(つか)まえる: to catch a criminal
悪人(あくにん)扱(あつか)いする: to treat someone as a villain
悪人(あくにん)面(づら): villainous face

Similar words

悪者(わるもの): bad guy, villain — more colloquial, often used in children's contexts
犯人(はんにん): perpetrator, criminal — specifically someone who committed a crime
悪党(あくとう): scoundrel, villain — stronger connotation of organized or cunning wrongdoing

Related Words

Compare: 悪者(わるもの) (bad guy, villain)

Compare: 犯人(はんにん) (perpetrator, criminal)

Compare: 悪党(あくとう) (scoundrel, villain)

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Added 2026.6.11 4:39 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02

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