JLPT N5 vocabulary
悪い: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
わるい2Nakadaka · falls inside
i-adjective
Meaning
- bad, poor, undesirable
- poor quality, inferior, insufficient
- evil, sinful
- ugly, not beautiful
- at fault, to blame, in the wrong
- bad at doing something
- unprofitable, unbeneficial
- sorry, my bad, unforgivable (interjection, i-adjective)
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 悪い | 悪 |
| Plain past過去形 | 悪 | 悪 |
| Polite presentです形 | 悪い | 悪 |
| Polite pastでした形 | 悪 | 悪 |
| Te-formて形 | 悪 | 悪 |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 悪い | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 悪 | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 悪 | 悪 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 悪 | 悪 |
Example sentences
悪いと思いつつも今日も寝坊をした。
Although I feel it's bad/wrong, I overslept again today.
この車はいいことはいいが燃費が悪い。
This car has its good points, but its gas mileage is bad.
彼女は私が悪いのだとばかりに声を尖らせた。
Her voice was on edge as if I was in the wrong.