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  2. 悪い

わるい

悪い

N5

bad

warui

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JLPT
N5
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#621

Meanings

  1. 1
    bad; poor; undesirableい-adjective
  2. 2
    poor (quality); inferior; insufficientい-adjective
  3. 3
    evil; sinfulい-adjective

JMdict 1151260

Conjugation

FormConjugatedReading
Polite Present (~desu)
悪いですわるいです
わるいです
Polite Past (~katta desu)
悪かったですわるかったです
わるかったです
Polite Negative (~kunai desu)
悪くないですわるくないです
わるくないです
Plain Negative (~kunai)
悪くないわるくない
わるくない
Te-form (Connecting)
悪くてわるくて
わるくて
Adverbial (~ku)
悪くわるく
わるく

In a sentence

天気(てんき)weatherが悪(わる)いbadからbecause家(いえ)homeにいようlet's stay

The weather is bad, let's stay home

How it works

が (subject) marks what the description is about (天気(てんき) (weather)), and the い-adjective 悪い(わるい) (bad) states it directly — no です (is) needed, since い-adjectives can end a plain sentence on their own. から (because) attaches to that whole clause to give the reason, so the order is reason-first, then result. に (to) points to where you'll stay (家(いえ) (home)), and いよう (let's stay) is the casual volitional of いる (to be, stay) — a relaxed “let's…” to oneself or a friend.

Written with

  • 悪bad11 strokes

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