This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

悪徳

Reading

Kana: あくとく
Romaji: akutoku
Kana
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Definition

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vice; immorality; corruption

Kanji

Readings: アク、 オ、 わる.い、 わる-、 あ.し、 にく.い、 -にく.い、 ああ、 いずくに、 いずくんぞ、 にく.む
Meanings: bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
Reading: トク
Meanings: benevolence, virtue, goodness, commanding respect

Example Sentences

怠惰(たいだ)悪徳(あくとく)のもと。
➥Idle hands are the devil's tool.
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偽善(ぎぜん)とは悪徳(あくとく)(とく)(たい)して(はら)忠順(ただより)(ちか)いである。
➥Hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue.
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(わたし)には美徳(びとく)悪徳(あくとく)との区別(くべつ)がつく。
➥I can tell virtue and vice apart.
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