悪う
わるう · warui
JLPT N5 i-adjective 連用形
悪う is the masu-stem of 悪い — bad, poor, undesirable.
- poor (quality), inferior, insufficient
- evil, sinful
How it’s built
悪い
悪う
Masu-stem (連用形). The base for ます, たい and ながら, and the way to link two actions: 書き → 書きます.
This spelling is the version with う (sound change, mostly in polite or older speech).
悪い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of 悪い. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of 悪い
| Negative (ない形) | 悪くないわるくない |
| Past (た形) | 悪かったわるかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 悪くなかったわるくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 悪くてわるくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) | 悪くわるく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 悪いわるい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 悪ければわるければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 悪かったらわるかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 悪くなるわるくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 悪すぎるわるすぎる |
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Other forms and spellings
悪けれ悪きゃ悪けりゃ悪かろ悪かろう悪かろふ悪ぃ悪い悪ィ悪り悪ク悪かっ悪えSave your words
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