Word details

醜い

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 醜い.

Dictionary

Entry

醜いにく見憎い~い Adj.Freq #4460
1

ugly; unattractive; bad-looking

Examples
「美しい」とか「醜い」といった言葉は相対的な用語である。
The words 'beautiful' and 'ugly' are relative terms.
2

unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful; shameful; dishonorable

Examples
オレの醜い部分がオレを引き裂く。
The ugly side of myself tears me up.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

ugly, unclean, shame, bad looking

17 strokesFrequency 2,074JLPT N1Grade 8

On

シュウ

Kun

みにく.いしこ

see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible

7 strokesFrequency 22JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ケン

Kun

み.るみ.えるみ.せる

hate, detest

14 strokesFrequency 1,808JLPT N2Grade 8

On

ゾウ

Kun

にく.むにく.いにく.らしいにく.しみ

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