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What does 悪い (わるい, warui) mean?

悪い (わるい, warui) means bad.

Quick facts
Readingわるい
Romajiwarui
Part of speechi-adjective
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N5
わるい
N5 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonwarui

bad

GenkiGenki 12
  1. 1i-adjective bad; poor; undesirable
  2. 2i-adjective poor (quality); inferior; insufficient
  3. 3i-adjective evil; sinful
  4. 4i-adjective ugly; not beautiful
  5. 5i-adjective at fault; to blame; in the wrong

Example sentences

  • The weather is bad today.

  • The service at this shop is bad.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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