JLPT N1 · い-adjective

あくどい (akudoi)

あくどい is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “gaudy; showy”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists.

Reading
あくどい
Romaji
akudoi
Word class
い-adjective
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. gaudy; showy; garish; loud · い-adjective · usually written in kana
  2. crooked; vicious; wicked; nasty; unscrupulous · い-adjective · usually written in kana

Example sentences

王女があくどい化粧をしていた。
The princess was wearing too much makeup.
あくどい事をするな。
Don't do wicked things.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of あくどい

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Presentあくどいあくどい akudoi
Negativeあくどくないあくどくない akudokunai
Pastあくどかったあくどかった akudokatta
Negative pastあくどくなかったあくどくなかった akudokunakatta
Te-formあくどくてあくどくて akudokute
Adverb (~ku)あくどくあくどく akudoku
Conditional (~ba)あくどければあくどければ akudokereba

Source: JMdict entry 1000260 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.