劣悪

See also: 劣惡

Japanese

Kanji in this term
劣	悪
れつ Grade: S	あく Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 劣 (れつ) (retsu, “poor (quality)”) + 悪 (あく) (aku, “evil”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) れつあく [rètsúákú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɾe̞t͡sɨᵝa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Adjectival noun

劣悪 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 劣惡, -na inflection, hiragana れつあく, rōmaji retsuaku)

inferior (very poor/bad quality)
Antonym: 優良 (yūryō)

Noun

劣悪 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 劣惡, hiragana れつあく, rōmaji retsuaku)

inferiority
Antonym: 優良 (yūryō)

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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