悪意

Japanese

Kanji in this term
悪	意
あく Grade: 3	い Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
惡意 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あくい [áꜜkùì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [a̠kɯ̟i]

Noun

悪(あく)意(い) • (akui)

malice
悪(あく)意(い)に満(み)ちている。
Akui ni michite iru.
They are full of malice.
a bad meaning
言(い)うことを悪(あく)意(い)に解(かい)する
iu koto o akui ni kaisuru
take a statement the wrong way

Synonyms

(malice): 敵意(てきい) (tekii)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “both senses”): 善意(ぜんい) (zen'i)

References

“悪意”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN