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凶悪

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 凶悪

ょうあく
兇悪
~な Adj.
Noun
Freq #8469
1

atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious

Examples
最近の凶悪事件をニュースで見るたび、バーチャルな世界と生きる世界の区別がなくなった若者が急増していることに気付かされる。
These days when I hear about these horrible incidents on the news I get the feeling that more and more young people are losing their ability to distinguish between real and virtual worlds.

Kanji in this Word

4 strokes
Frequency: 1673
JLPT N1
Grade 8

Meanings

villain
evil
bad luck
disaster

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
キョウ
11 strokes
Frequency: 530
JLPT N3
Grade 3

Meanings

bad
vice
rascal
false
evil
wrong

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
アク
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
わる.い
わる-
あ.し
にく.い
-にく.い
ああ
いずくに
いずくんぞ
にく.む
6 strokes

Meanings

wickedness

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
キョウ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
おそ.れる
わる.い
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