悪逆

Japanese

Kanji in this term
あく
Grade: 3
ぎゃく
Grade: 5
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
惡逆 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

(あく) (aku) + (ぎゃく) (gyaku)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [a̠kɯ̟ɡʲa̠kɯ̟]

Adjective

(あく)(ぎゃく) • (akugyaku-na (adnominal (あく)(ぎゃく) (akugyaku na), adverbial (あく)(ぎゃく) (akugyaku ni))

  1. treacherous; treasonous

Inflection

Noun

(あく)(ぎゃく) • (akugyaku

  1. an atrocity
  2. (archaic, law) plotting to kill one's lord or superior relatives; one of the eight unpardonable crimes under the Ritsuryō system.
    Hypernym: 八虐 (hachigyaku)
    Coordinate terms: 謀反 (muhen), 謀大逆 (bōtaigyaku), 謀叛 (muhon), 不道 (fudō), 大不敬 (daifukei), 不孝 (fukyō), 不義 (fugi)