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17 悪因悪果 Evil Breeds Evil

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Meaning

Primary

Evil Breeds Evil

Alternative

Evil Begets Evil

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Things that cause evil are the fruits of evil. This is a nice little saying. In English, you might say it as evil breeds evil. Remember that.

Reading

あくいんあっか

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well. The last 悪果 gets the 悪 shortened a little bit.

Context

Context Sentences

悪因悪果って言うだろ?当然のむくいだよ。

They say "evil begets evil" right? So they just got properly punished.

悪いことをしたら、悪因悪果で後々ひどい目にあうよ。

If you do something bad, you'll get in trouble later because evil breeds evil.

聖書には、業について何て書いてあるんだっけ?悪因悪果とかだっけか?

What does the Bible say about karma? Was it like "evil begets evil" or something?

Kanji Composition

  • 悪
    • あく
    • Bad
  • 因
    • いん
    • Cause
  • 果
    • か
    • Fruit
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