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悪しい

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
惡しい (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Modern reflex of Classical Japanese adjective () (ashi).

Generally, this form is not used in Modern Japanese. It was used from the Muromachi period until the Japanese early modern period. Alternatives like (わる) (warui) are used today instead. Forms of the older -shiku conjugation () (ashi) are still commonly encountered, such as ()しき (ashiki) and ()しかれ (ashikare).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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()しい (ashii-i (adverbial ()しく (ashiku))

  1. (obsolete) bad; evil
    • 1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki:
      Axij toqi. (悪しい時) 悪い時、また、縁起の悪い時.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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References

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