罪悪|ざいあくzaiaku[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nouncrime; sin; vice
   大都会だいとかいには罪悪ざいあくがはびこっている。↗

   There is much crime in the big cities.

• Synonym罪つみNeutralThe everyday word for a crime or wrongdoing; it can also mean the penalty. 「罪悪」 stresses evil in a moral or religious sense, as in 「罪悪感」.
• Synonym悪事あくじNeutralBad deeds one actually commits; stresses concrete acts of wrongdoing, as in 「悪事を働く」.
• Synonym罪科ざいかWrittenRare written term for an offense and its punishment; legal and old-fashioned in flavor, it stresses guilt or culpability.
• Synonym罪過ざいかWrittenRare written word for a fault that violates law or morals. 「罪悪」 stresses moral or religious evil and often appears as 「罪悪感」.
• Synonym罪業ざいごうWrittenA Buddhist term for sin, stressing the karmic burden of wrongs accumulated in this and past lives.
• Synonym不善ふぜんWrittenWritten word for what is not good — evil, vice or mischief; known from the line 「小人閑居して不善をなす」.
• Synonym悪行あくぎょうWrittenWritten word for wicked conduct; stresses how vile the acts are, as in 「悪行の限りを尽くす」.
• Related邪よこしまNeutralEvil or wrongness of heart; stresses a crooked, perverse mind, as in 「邪な考え」.
• Antonym善ぜんWrittenThe opposite pole: good or virtue, set against 「罪悪」 as in 「善と悪」.
• Antonym徳とくWrittenVirtue or moral excellence, the opposite of 「罪悪」; as in 「徳を積む」.

For evil in a moral or religious sense use 「罪悪」 (「罪悪感」, 「罪悪視する」). For everyday wrongdoing pick 「罪」; for wicked deeds done, 「悪事」; for Buddhist sin, 「罪業」. The opposites are 「善」 and 「徳」.

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1. 法律ほうりつ・道徳どうとく・宗教しゅうきょうの教おしえなどに背そむく悪わるい行おこない。