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悪わるい

Kana わるい Romaji warui

JLPT N5 Common word

01

悪い わるい · warui

JLPT N5 Common word

01i-adjective

bad; poor; undesirable

02i-adjective

poor (quality); inferior; insufficient

03i-adjective

evil; sinful

04i-adjective

ugly; not beautiful

05i-adjective

at fault; to blame; in the wrong

06i-adjective

bad (at doing something)

07i-adjective

unprofitable; unbeneficial

08interjection · i-adjective

sorry; (my) bad; unforgivable

Examples

これは悪い話ではないでしょう？

This isn't an unappealing proposition, is it?

Tatoeba #74724

悪いけどお豆腐買ってきてくれない？

I really shouldn't ask, but could you go get some tofu for me?

Tatoeba #191502

建物は落書きだらけで見た目が悪い。

The graffiti-covered building is ugly to look at.

Tatoeba #7895904

02

憎い にくい · nikui

JLPT N2 Common word 悪い

01i-adjective

hateful; detestable; abominable; vexing; provoking

02i-adjective

amazing; fantastic; admirable; lovely; wonderful

Examples

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

Tatoeba #226121

03

難い にくい · nikui

Common word

01suffix · i-adjective

usually kana

difficult to ...; hard to ...

after the -masu stem of a verb

Examples

プラスチックは割れにくい。

Plastic does not break easily.

Tatoeba #197036

彼は救い難い。

He's beyond help.

Tatoeba #108449

彼は付き合いにくい。

He is hard to deal with.

Tatoeba #100443

Source

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