悪徳

Japanese

Kanji in this term
悪	徳
あく Grade: 3	とく Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
惡德 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あくとく [àkútókú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [a̠kɯ̟̊to̞kɯ̟]

Noun

悪(あく)徳(とく) • (akutoku)

vice; immorality; corruption
- 2011, mothy [mothy], “悪徳のジャッジメント [Judgement of Corruption]”‎^{niconico VocaDB} ft. KAITO [KAITO]:
  
  そう罪(つみ)は私(わたし)のさじ加(か)減(げん)ひとつ
  悪(あく)徳(とく)のジャッジメント
  Sō tsumi wa watashi no sajikagen hitotsu
  Akutoku no jajjimento
  Yes, your sins are my consideration alone
  Judgement of corruption

Antonyms

美(び)徳(とく) (bitoku)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.