劣悪

See also: 劣惡

Japanese
Kanji in this term
劣 悪
れつ
Grade: S		 あく
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
劣惡 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 劣(れつ) (retsu, “poor (quality)”) + 悪(あく) (aku, “evil”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) れつあく [rètsúákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɾe̞t͡sɨᵝa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Adjective

劣(れつ)悪(あく) • (retsuaku) -na (adnominal 劣(れつ)悪(あく)な (retsuaku na), adverbial 劣(れつ)悪(あく)に (retsuaku ni))

  1. inferior (very poor/bad quality)
    Antonym: 優良 (yūryō)

Noun

劣(れつ)悪(あく) • (retsuaku) 

  1. inferiority
    Antonym: 優良 (yūryō)

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