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安かろう悪かろう

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 安かろう悪かろう.

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Entry

安かろう悪かろうやすかろうわるかろう～の Adj.ExpressionFreq #120347
1

you get what you pay for; cheap and nasty

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

安

relax, cheap, low, quiet, rested, contented, peaceful

6 strokesFrequency 144JLPT N4Grade 3

On

アン

Kun

やす.いやす.まるやすやす.らか

Nanori

ああすあずあっや
悪

bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong

11 strokesFrequency 530JLPT N3Grade 3

On

アクオ

Kun

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

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