Illustration: At the entrance to a Japanese apartment, an adult lifts a nearly new shopping bag containing just a milk carton and a small loaf. One handle tears free, the bottom seam opens and the loaf drops gently onto the shoe-step below.

JLPT N2na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

粗そ悪あく

soaku

poor-quality, inferior

Example sentences

  1. ここは町まちで一番いちばん粗悪そあくなホテルだ。

    This is the worst hotel in town.

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  2. そのため、高価こうかな筆ふでを使つかう場合ばあいは粗悪そあくな墨液すみえきを使つかうことは避さけるべきである。

    Therefore, when using an expensive brush, one should avoid using low-quality liquid sumi.

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

  3. こうした屋台やたいで見みられる商品しょうひんは、粗悪そあく品ひんであったり、原価げんかの数十すうじゅう~数百倍すうひゃくばいで販売はんばいされていることが多おおい。

    Goods sold at these street stalls are often of poor quality or priced at tens to hundreds of times their cost.

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

Kanji in 粗悪

  • 粗coarse; roughOnソKunあらい・あら-
  • 悪bad; viceOnアク・オKunわるい・わる-・あし

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