Illustration: On a small community theater stage, a costumed villain plants one boot on a stolen treasure chest and blocks the hero from reaching a captive royal character. The villain wears a sweeping cape and displays an exaggerated, triumphant sneer while the hero raises a harmless prop sword.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

悪あく役やく

akuyaku

villain, villain’s role

Example sentences

  1. 忠臣蔵ちゅうしんぐらの「悪役あくやく」として有名ゆうめいな義央よしひさの評価ひょうかは芳かんばしくない。

    Yoshihisa isn’t very popular because he’s known as 'the villain' in Chusingura.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. そのため、光圀みつくにの物語水戸黄門ものがたりみとこうもんの中なかでは悪役あくやくを割わり当あてられてしまっている。

    Consequently, Tsunayoshi plays an evil role in "Mito Komon," the story about Mitsukuni.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. このためか、時代劇じだいげきなどにおいて悪役あくやくとして扱あつかわれることも少すくなくない。

    Perhaps due to such a situation, villain’s roles were often assigned to them, for example, in period dramas.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 悪役

  • 悪bad; viceOnアク・オKunわるい・わる-・あし
  • 役duty; warOnヤク・エキ

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