性悪

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
性 悪
しょう
Grade: 5
わる
Grade: 3
jūbakoyomi
Alternative spelling
性惡 (kyūjitai)

From 性(しょう) (shō) + 悪(わる) (waru).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しょーわる [shòówárú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞ːɰᵝa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Adjective

性(しょう)悪(わる) • (shōwaru) ←しやうわる (syawaru)?-na (adnominal 性(しょう)悪(わる)な (shōwaru na), adverbial 性(しょう)悪(わる)に (shōwaru ni))

  1. bad-tempered
Inflection

Noun

性(しょう)悪(わる) • (shōwaru) ←しやうわる (syawaru)?

  1. being bad-tempered; who is bad-tempered

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
性 悪
せい
Grade: 5
あく
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
性惡 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) せーあく [sèéákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [se̞ːa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

性(せい)悪(あく) • (seiaku) ←せいあく (seiaku)?

  1. the fundamental evil of man
Antonyms
Derived terms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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