"悪い" meaning in Japanese

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Adjective

IPA: [ɰᵝa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝi]
Etymology: From classical わろし (waroshi). Compare まるい (marui) < まろし (maroshi). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|わろし}} わろし (waroshi), {{ja-r|まるい}} まるい (marui), {{ja-r|まろし}} まろし (maroshi) Head templates: {{ja-adj|わるい|infl=i}} 悪(わる)い • (warui) -i (adverbial 悪(わる)く (waruku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=わる|lemma=悪|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: 悪い [canonical] (ruby: (わる)), warui [romanization], 悪く [adverbial] (ruby: (わる)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 悪かろ [imperfective, stem], わるかろ [imperfective, stem], warukaro [imperfective], 悪く [continuative, stem], わるく [continuative, stem], waruku [continuative], 悪い [stem, terminative], わるい [stem, terminative], warui [terminative], 悪い [attributive, stem], わるい [attributive, stem], warui [attributive], 悪けれ [hypothetical, stem], わるけれ [hypothetical, stem], warukere [hypothetical], 悪かれ [imperative, stem], わるかれ [imperative, stem], warukare [imperative], 悪くない [informal, negative], わるくない [informal, negative], waruku nai [informal, negative], 悪かった [informal, past], わるかった [informal, past], warukatta [informal, past], 悪くなかった [informal, negative, past], わるくなかった [informal, negative, past], waruku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 悪いです [formal], わるいです [formal], warui desu [formal], 悪くないです [formal, negative], わるくないです [formal, negative], waruku nai desu [formal, negative], 悪かったです [formal, past], わるかったです [formal, past], warukatta desu [formal, past], 悪くなかったです [formal, negative, past], わるくなかったです [formal, negative, past], waruku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 悪くて [conjunctive], わるくて [conjunctive], warukute [conjunctive], 悪ければ [conditional], わるければ [conditional], warukereba [conditional], 悪かったら [conditional, past], わるかったら [conditional, past], warukattara [conditional, past], 悪かろう [volitional], わるかろう [volitional], warukarō [volitional], 悪く [adverbial], わるく [adverbial], waruku [adverbial], 悪さ [noun-from-adj], わるさ [noun-from-adj], warusa [noun-from-adj]
  1. bad; wicked; evil
    Sense id: en-悪い-ja-adj-b85urZnt
  2. wrong; to blame
    Sense id: en-悪い-ja-adj-PZ0Uq-0s Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 62 5 3 2 1 24 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 6 49 10 6 5 1 22 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 5 54 9 4 4 1 24 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 3 40 7 3 3 1 44 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 6 49 8 9 8 2 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 6 52 9 4 4 1 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 5 54 9 4 4 1 23
  3. inferior
    Sense id: en-悪い-ja-adj-1noC688X
  4. improper; bad
    Sense id: en-悪い-ja-adj-RI7BwAtF
  5. harmful; damaging
    Sense id: en-悪い-ja-adj-230VDT6O
  6. sick; unwell; ill
    Sense id: en-悪い-ja-adj-67mRIv3a
  7. sorry; apologetic; regretful; "my bad"
    Sense id: en-悪い-ja-adj-xt5zh0c0 Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 3 40 7 3 3 1 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: わりい (warii) [informal] Related terms: 頭が悪い (atama ga warui) (ruby: (あたま), (わる)), 悪い虫が付く (warui mushi ga tsuku) (ruby: (わる), (むし), ()), 悪いようにはしない (warui yō ni wa shinai) (ruby: (わる))
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "わろし"
      },
      "expansion": "わろし (waroshi)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "まるい"
      },
      "expansion": "まるい (marui)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "まろし"
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From classical わろし (waroshi). Compare まるい (marui) < まろし (maroshi).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "悪い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "悪",
          "わる"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warui",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪く",
      "roman": "waruku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "悪",
          "わる"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪かろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warukaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waruku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warui",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warui",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warukere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warukare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waruku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warukatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waruku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warui desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waruku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warukatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waruku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warukute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warukereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warukattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warukarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waruku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warusa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "わるい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "悪(わる)い • (warui) -i (adverbial 悪(わる)く (waruku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "わる",
        "lemma": "悪",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "atama ga warui",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "頭",
          "あたま"
        ],
        [
          "悪",
          "わる"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "頭が悪い"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "warui mushi ga tsuku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "悪",
          "わる"
        ],
        [
          "虫",
          "むし"
        ],
        [
          "付",
          "つ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "悪い虫が付く"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "warui yō ni wa shinai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "悪",
          "わる"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "悪いようにはしない"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "bad person",
          "roman": "warui hito",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "悪",
              "わる"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "悪い人"
        },
        {
          "english": "A monstrosity with two heads stacked together horizontally symmetrically. It shoots laser out of its one mouth.",
          "ref": "1999 March 1, “ファランクス [Phalanx]”, in BOOSTER 1, Konami",
          "roman": "Ue ni mo shita ni mo atama ga aru, kimochiwarui yatsu. Kuchi kara wa rēzā o haku.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "上",
              "うえ"
            ],
            [
              "下",
              "した"
            ],
            [
              "頭",
              "あたま"
            ],
            [
              "気",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "持",
              "も"
            ],
            [
              "悪",
              "わる"
            ],
            [
              "口",
              "くち"
            ],
            [
              "吐",
              "は"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "上にも下にも頭がある、気持ち悪いヤツ。口からはレーザーを吐く。"
        },
        {
          "english": "A strange, sickly-looking pale-skinned monster.",
          "ref": "1999 September 23, “ペイルビースト [Pale Beast]”, in Vol.5, Konami",
          "roman": "Aojiroi hada o shita, kimi no warui shōtai fumei no monsutā.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "青",
              "あお"
            ],
            [
              "白",
              "じろ"
            ],
            [
              "肌",
              "はだ"
            ],
            [
              "気",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "味",
              "み"
            ],
            [
              "悪",
              "わる"
            ],
            [
              "正",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "体",
              "たい"
            ],
            [
              "不",
              "ふ"
            ],
            [
              "明",
              "めい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "青白い肌をした、気味の悪い正体不明のモンスター。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bad; wicked; evil"
      ],
      "id": "en-悪い-ja-adj-b85urZnt",
      "links": [
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ],
        [
          "wicked",
          "wicked"
        ],
        [
          "evil",
          "evil"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 62 5 3 2 1 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 49 10 6 5 1 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 54 9 4 4 1 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 40 7 3 3 1 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 49 8 9 8 2 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 52 9 4 4 1 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 54 9 4 4 1 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "My bad.",
          "roman": "Warukatta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "悪",
              "わる"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "悪かった。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wrong; to blame"
      ],
      "id": "en-悪い-ja-adj-PZ0Uq-0s",
      "links": [
        [
          "wrong",
          "wrong"
        ],
        [
          "blame",
          "blame"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "inferior"
      ],
      "id": "en-悪い-ja-adj-1noC688X",
      "links": [
        [
          "inferior",
          "inferior"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "out of form",
          "roman": "chōshi ga warui",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "調",
              "ちょう"
            ],
            [
              "子",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "悪",
              "わる"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "調子が悪い"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "improper; bad"
      ],
      "id": "en-悪い-ja-adj-RI7BwAtF",
      "links": [
        [
          "improper",
          "improper"
        ],
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "bad for the heart (a phrase used in response to an astonishment, etc.)",
          "roman": "shinzō ni warui",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "心臓",
              "しんぞう"
            ],
            [
              "悪",
              "わる"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "心臓に悪い"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "harmful; damaging"
      ],
      "id": "en-悪い-ja-adj-230VDT6O",
      "links": [
        [
          "harmful",
          "harmful"
        ],
        [
          "damaging",
          "damaging"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Yoshida has sick lungs.",
          "ref": "1932, Motojirō Kajii, のんきな患者",
          "roman": "Yoshida wa hai ga warui.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "吉",
              "よし"
            ],
            [
              "田",
              "だ"
            ],
            [
              "肺",
              "はい"
            ],
            [
              "悪",
              "わる"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "吉田は肺が悪い。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sick; unwell; ill"
      ],
      "id": "en-悪い-ja-adj-67mRIv3a",
      "links": [
        [
          "sick",
          "sick"
        ],
        [
          "unwell",
          "unwell"
        ],
        [
          "ill",
          "ill"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 40 7 3 3 1 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Tomorrow, okay? I'm sorry.",
          "roman": "Warui kedo, ashita ne.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "悪",
              "わる"
            ],
            [
              "明日",
              "あした"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "悪いけど、明日ね。"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 June 15, Yoshikawa Miki, “第4話 Eだ。”, in 山田くんと7人の魔女 (山田くんと7人の魔女), volume 1 (fiction), Kodansha",
          "roman": "‥‥I I'm sorry",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "第",
              "だい"
            ],
            [
              "話",
              "わ"
            ],
            [
              "山",
              "やま"
            ],
            [
              "田",
              "だ"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "にん"
            ],
            [
              "魔",
              "ま"
            ],
            [
              "女",
              "じょ"
            ],
            [
              "山",
              "やま"
            ],
            [
              "田",
              "だ"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "にん"
            ],
            [
              "魔",
              "ま"
            ],
            [
              "女",
              "じょ"
            ],
            [
              "悪",
              "わり"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "‥‥わ 悪い\n‥‥Wa Warii"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sorry; apologetic; regretful; \"my bad\""
      ],
      "id": "en-悪い-ja-adj-xt5zh0c0",
      "links": [
        [
          "sorry",
          "sorry"
        ],
        [
          "apologetic",
          "apologetic"
        ],
        [
          "regretful",
          "regretful"
        ],
        [
          "my bad",
          "my bad"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "わるい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɰᵝa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝi]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "warii",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "わりい"
    }
  ],
  "word": "悪い"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
    "Japanese い-i adjectives"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "わろし"
      },
      "expansion": "わろし (waroshi)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "まるい"
      },
      "expansion": "まるい (marui)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "まろし"
      },
      "expansion": "まろし (maroshi)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From classical わろし (waroshi). Compare まるい (marui) < まろし (maroshi).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "悪い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "悪",
          "わる"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warui",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪く",
      "roman": "waruku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "悪",
          "わる"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪かろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warukaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waruku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warui",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warui",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warukere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warukare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waruku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warukatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waruku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warui desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waruku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warukatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waruku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warukute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warukereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warukattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warukarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waruku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わるさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warusa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "わるい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "悪(わる)い • (warui) -i (adverbial 悪(わる)く (waruku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "わる",
        "lemma": "悪",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "atama ga warui",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "頭",
          "あたま"
        ],
        [
          "悪",
          "わる"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "頭が悪い"
    },
    {
      "roman": "warui mushi ga tsuku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "悪",
          "わる"
        ],
        [
          "虫",
          "むし"
        ],
        [
          "付",
          "つ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "悪い虫が付く"
    },
    {
      "roman": "warui yō ni wa shinai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "悪",
          "わる"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "悪いようにはしない"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "bad person",
          "roman": "warui hito",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "悪",
              "わる"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "悪い人"
        },
        {
          "english": "A monstrosity with two heads stacked together horizontally symmetrically. It shoots laser out of its one mouth.",
          "ref": "1999 March 1, “ファランクス [Phalanx]”, in BOOSTER 1, Konami",
          "roman": "Ue ni mo shita ni mo atama ga aru, kimochiwarui yatsu. Kuchi kara wa rēzā o haku.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "上",
              "うえ"
            ],
            [
              "下",
              "した"
            ],
            [
              "頭",
              "あたま"
            ],
            [
              "気",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "持",
              "も"
            ],
            [
              "悪",
              "わる"
            ],
            [
              "口",
              "くち"
            ],
            [
              "吐",
              "は"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "上にも下にも頭がある、気持ち悪いヤツ。口からはレーザーを吐く。"
        },
        {
          "english": "A strange, sickly-looking pale-skinned monster.",
          "ref": "1999 September 23, “ペイルビースト [Pale Beast]”, in Vol.5, Konami",
          "roman": "Aojiroi hada o shita, kimi no warui shōtai fumei no monsutā.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "青",
              "あお"
            ],
            [
              "白",
              "じろ"
            ],
            [
              "肌",
              "はだ"
            ],
            [
              "気",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "味",
              "み"
            ],
            [
              "悪",
              "わる"
            ],
            [
              "正",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "体",
              "たい"
            ],
            [
              "不",
              "ふ"
            ],
            [
              "明",
              "めい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "青白い肌をした、気味の悪い正体不明のモンスター。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bad; wicked; evil"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ],
        [
          "wicked",
          "wicked"
        ],
        [
          "evil",
          "evil"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "My bad.",
          "roman": "Warukatta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "悪",
              "わる"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "悪かった。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wrong; to blame"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wrong",
          "wrong"
        ],
        [
          "blame",
          "blame"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "inferior"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inferior",
          "inferior"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "out of form",
          "roman": "chōshi ga warui",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "調",
              "ちょう"
            ],
            [
              "子",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "悪",
              "わる"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "調子が悪い"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "improper; bad"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "improper",
          "improper"
        ],
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "bad for the heart (a phrase used in response to an astonishment, etc.)",
          "roman": "shinzō ni warui",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "心臓",
              "しんぞう"
            ],
            [
              "悪",
              "わる"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "心臓に悪い"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "harmful; damaging"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "harmful",
          "harmful"
        ],
        [
          "damaging",
          "damaging"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Yoshida has sick lungs.",
          "ref": "1932, Motojirō Kajii, のんきな患者",
          "roman": "Yoshida wa hai ga warui.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "吉",
              "よし"
            ],
            [
              "田",
              "だ"
            ],
            [
              "肺",
              "はい"
            ],
            [
              "悪",
              "わる"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "吉田は肺が悪い。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sick; unwell; ill"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sick",
          "sick"
        ],
        [
          "unwell",
          "unwell"
        ],
        [
          "ill",
          "ill"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Tomorrow, okay? I'm sorry.",
          "roman": "Warui kedo, ashita ne.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "悪",
              "わる"
            ],
            [
              "明日",
              "あした"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "悪いけど、明日ね。"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 June 15, Yoshikawa Miki, “第4話 Eだ。”, in 山田くんと7人の魔女 (山田くんと7人の魔女), volume 1 (fiction), Kodansha",
          "roman": "‥‥I I'm sorry",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "第",
              "だい"
            ],
            [
              "話",
              "わ"
            ],
            [
              "山",
              "やま"
            ],
            [
              "田",
              "だ"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "にん"
            ],
            [
              "魔",
              "ま"
            ],
            [
              "女",
              "じょ"
            ],
            [
              "山",
              "やま"
            ],
            [
              "田",
              "だ"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "にん"
            ],
            [
              "魔",
              "ま"
            ],
            [
              "女",
              "じょ"
            ],
            [
              "悪",
              "わり"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "‥‥わ 悪い\n‥‥Wa Warii"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sorry; apologetic; regretful; \"my bad\""
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sorry",
          "sorry"
        ],
        [
          "apologetic",
          "apologetic"
        ],
        [
          "regretful",
          "regretful"
        ],
        [
          "my bad",
          "my bad"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "わるい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɰᵝa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝi]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "warii",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "わりい"
    }
  ],
  "word": "悪い"
}

{
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "憎い"
  ],
  "word": "悪い"
}
{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "悪い"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "悪い",
  "trace": ""
}

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