わるい

悪い

bad; poor; undesirable

N5Common wordI-adjective

I-adjective

bad•poor•undesirable

I-adjective

poor (quality)•inferior•insufficient

I-adjective

evil•sinful

I-adjective

ugly•not beautiful

I-adjective

at fault•to blame•in the wrong

I-adjective

bad (at doing something)

I-adjective

unprofitable•unbeneficial

Interjection, I-adjective

sorry•(my) bad•unforgivable

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Kanji Breakdown

悪

Conjugations

Present辞書形

悪い(わるい)

Negativeくない形

悪くない(わるくない)

Pastかった形

悪かった(わるかった)

Past Negativeくなかった形

悪くなかった(わるくなかった)

Te-formくて形

悪くて(わるくて)

Example Sentences

ブ男の兄(あに)で悪(わるい)かったな。

Well, excuse me for being an ugly-ass brother.

これは悪(わるい)い話(はなし)ではないでしょう？

This isn't an unappealing proposition, is it?

こいつの性根(しょうね)が悪(わるい)いから非モテなんだろ。

I expect it's his lousy personality that drives off the ladies.

耐震性の悪(わるい)い建物に亀裂が生じることもある。

Also cracks may form in buildings that aren't Earthquake proof.

みかけはそうではないのに本当は意地が悪(わるい)い。

He doesn't look that way, but he's really a nasty piece of work.

Related Kanji

悪

bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong

アク / わる.い