Kanji
Readingあく
Frequency31%
Used in (257 in total)
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
nightmare; bad dream
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
feelings of guilt
wicked; evil
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
villain; baddie; the villain's part
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
scoundrel; rascal; villain
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
vice; immorality; corruption
worst; worst-case (scenario)
stink; bad odor; bad odour; stench
(young) seductress; temptress; little devil; imp
abusive language
abuse; misuse; perversion
good and evil
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
bad influence; negative influence
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism
wicked woman; ugly woman
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)
ill-natured; inconstancy
crime; sin; vice
bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; (arch.) evil deed; (arch.) wrongdoing; (arch.) wrongdoer
bad habit; vice
eating strange food; eating bizarre things; simple diet; plain food; eating meat (thus breaking Buddhist rules)
undesirable friend; bad company; bad companion; partner-in-crime (i.e. good friend); close friend; buddy
inferior; coarse; poor quality; inadequate; deteriorated
harm; injury; evil (influence)
undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
vicious circle; vicious cycle
to commit a crime; to do evil
utter villain; atrocious fiend; devil
malignant (cancer); virulent; pernicious (anemia, anaemia)
ill feeling; ill will; animosity; bad impression
heinous criminal; vicious criminal
worst of the worst; despicable; extremely bad
infamous; notorious
coarse; crude; inferior
bad boy; naughty child; brat
inhuman; heinous; atrocious
inferior goods; faulty item
to affect adversely; to have a negative influence (on)
misgovernment; misrule; bad government
great evil; scum of the earth; monster; fiend
atrocity; (arch.) treason
atrocious crime; heinous crime
good and evil
worst-ever; history's worst
evil thought; malicious motive
curse; vilification
to give off a stench; to stink
heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
devil worship; diabolism; diabolatry; Satanism
unfavorable conditions; unfavourable conditions
making a show of one's faults
bad karma; sinful deed; evil deed
bad habit; bad custom; evil practice; vice
rewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice
deterioration; changing for the worse
worldliness; vulgarity; coarseness
probatio diabolica; devil's proof
bad character; bad person; villain; baddie
pretense of evil; pretence of evil
various evils; every kind of evil; all evils
evil countenance
evil destiny or connection; unfortunate love
bad law; (arch.) evil ways; (arch.) evil way of doing things
to gain a bad reputation; to fall into ill repute
ill feeling; ill will; antipathy; animosity
wicked ones; bad guys; rascals
scum of the earth; monster; fiend
having the luck to escape trouble (your behaviour has landed you in)
to steeped in vice
hard fighting; close contest
malignant tumor; malignant tumour
poor handwriting
past misdeeds; old crimes
worst ... of one's life
distinction between right and wrong; distinction between good and bad
the wrong hands; hands of evil
vice; abuse; evil
rowdiness; rowdy (person or event)
dangerous area; perilous road; red-light district; house of ill repute; brothel
unscrupulous business practices; fraudulent business practices; crooked business practices
uncomplimentary remarks; slander
cynicism (of mankind); belief that human nature is fundamentally evil
to come to one's senses
bad weather
treacherous; heinous; treasonous; atrocious
vice; bad manners; evil customs; storm; raging winds
evil thought; malicious motive; spite
savage; ferocious; atrocious
bad voice; evil speaking
atrocity; outrage; heinousness
dissolute priest; depraved monk; ferocious warrior monk
shyster; pettifogger; unscrupulous lawyer; crooked lawyer
committing every evil; being given to evil ways; following the path of evil
bad example; bad precedent
bad disease; malignant disease
violent; cruel; fiendish
rascal; scoundrel; villain
wickedness; wicked person
offensive joke
ill-gotten money; bad coin
unlucky day
extreme brutality; atrocity; heinousness; heinous nature
Axis of Evil (Iran, Iraq and North Korea)
root of evil; bad cause
wrong course; evil course
harmful book
the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell; three evils (prostitution, drugs and venereal diseases)
record low; worst ever
bad style; poor writing
bad money
utter villain; atrocious fiend; devil
being apt to make a show of one's faults; penchant for boasting of one's faults; pretending to be worse than one really is
to punish the wicked
stupid brat; mischievous kid; troublemaker
punishing evil
satanism; devil worship
handsome villain
bad habit; evil practices
rights and wrongs; the relative merits (of a case); propriety
plot; trick; evil scheme
pathogenic bacteria; bad bacteria; harmful bacteria
impure blood
sow evil and reap evil; evil acts bring evil outcomes
mean old woman
pernicious anemia; pernicious anaemia
the ten abominations (the ten most grievous offenses under traditional Chinese law); the ten evil deeds
malignant disease; virulent disease
to do mischief; to use abusive language
easy come, easy go; lightly comes, lightly goes; soon gotten soon spent
karmic retribution
cachexia; cachexy; wasting syndrome
exorcism; praying down evil spirits
poor policy; poor plan
propensity to put oneself in as bad a light as possible; being prone to act bad
many sins; long-standing evils
good and evil dualism; Manicheanism
LDL cholesterol; low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; bad cholesterol
charm against evil spirits; talisman; amulet
villain's part; bad shape (shogi, othello)
heinous criminal; vicious criminal
abuse; insult; slander; evil speaking
black sabbath; witches' sabbath
misguided equality; misconceived equality; leaning over backwards to be impartial
adverse stock market factor; bearish market factor; negative factor
inhuman; wicked; evil
malignancy; viciousness; underhandedness
when there is a legal tender currency, bad money drives out good money (Gresham's Law)
the five sins (murder, theft, adultery, falsehood, and alcohol)
to lead astray; to lure a person to evil ways
right and wrong; right or wrong
The evil persons are the right object of Amida's salvation; The evil persons have the unique opportunity to go to heaven
malignant growth; malignant neoplasm
bad friend (who leads one away from Buddhism)
Good and evil are but two faces of the same coin
bad boy; naughty boy
bad translation
wicked woman
bad news traveling fast; ill news spreading like wildfire
it is better to be infamous than unknown
right and wrong
great treachery; very atrocious person
perverseness; perverse person
to entice a person to do something wrong
radical evil (in Kantian philosophy)
a law is a law, however undesirable it may be
worst period of time
head gangster
the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell
the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell
genius for evil
wild horse; unmanageable horse
Satanic school
evil nature; licentiousness; lewdness
Nihon Ryōiki (Heian period collection of Buddhist stories); An Account of Miracles in Japan; Miraculous Stories from the Japanese Buddhist Tradition
shabby clothes and plain foods
great sinners make great saints (after repenting)
difficult battle
unscrupulous business practices; fraudulent business practices; crooked business practices
to be inclined to evil
poor (tasting); low quality; bad situation
malignant or virulent disease
a bad person does not deserve to die in his own bed
bad deeds punish themselves; you reap what you sow
at the worst time; at worst; at the worst level
sin tax (excise, etc. on certain goods deemed harmful to society and individuals)
doing as much evil as one wants
Nihon Ryōiki (Heian period collection of Buddhist stories); An Account of Miracles in Japan; Miraculous Stories from the Japanese Buddhist Tradition
(child in the) terrifying threes
undrinkable water
a bad wife spells the ruin of her husband; a bad wife means a hundred years of bad luck to her husband
incomparably ruthless; diabolical
malignant edema; malignant oedema
old evils; evils committed in a previous existence
shabby clothes
cheap liquor
evil tongue; gossip
don't hasten into action when you have doubts
practical joke; bad joke
irrational tax
skid row; underworld
small low-density lipoprotein; pattern B LDL
supervillain; arch-villain
A virtuous person does (should) not commit an act that offends his moral principles no matter how hard pressed he may be