"わるさ" meaning in Japanese

See わるさ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [β̞a̠ɾɯ̟sa̠] Forms: わるさ ^ [canonical], warusa [romanization], わるさ [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|adjective form|hhira=わるさ}} わるさ • (warusa) ^(←わるさ (warusa)?)
  1. さ-nominalization of わるい (warui)
    (literally) badness     Tags: literally
    Sense id: en-わるさ-ja-adj-EeeDzclJ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. さ-nominalization of わるい (warui)
    (by extension) mischief     Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-わるさ-ja-adj-ensv16Kt Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
     
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          "english": "badness of manner",
          "roman": "manā no warusa",
          "ruby": [
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          "text": "マナーの悪さ",
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          "english": "to cause mischief",
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    {
      "ipa": "[β̞a̠ɾɯ̟sa̠]"
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          "english": "to cause mischief",
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Download raw JSONL data for わるさ meaning in Japanese (2.2kB)

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