Word details

良くも悪くも

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 良くも悪くも.

Dictionary

Entry

良くも悪くもよくも悪くもよくもわるくもExpressionFreq #15879
1

for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad

Examples
人生をよくも悪くもうけいれなくてはならない。
We must accept life, for good or for evil.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

good, pleasing, skilled

7 strokesFrequency 501JLPT N2Grade 4

On

リョウ

Kun

よ.い-よ.いい.い-い.い

Nanori

ながまことよしりょろう

bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong

11 strokesFrequency 530JLPT N3Grade 3

On

アク

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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