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邪
evil · wicked · unjust · wrong
N1On: じゃKun: よこしま
Memory Aid
Imagine the `牙` (fang) component on the left as a monstrous, sharp **fang** ready to strike, embodying **evil**. The `阝` (town) component on the right represents the people or place being threatened by this **evil**.
Vocabulary
邪悪じゃあくevil, wickedness
邪魔じゃまhindrance, obstruction
邪道じゃどうheterodoxy, evil path
正邪せいじゃright and wrong, good and evil
Example Sentences
彼は邪悪な計画を立てている。
He is making an evil plan.
勉強中に友達が邪魔をしに来た。
A friend came to bother me while I was studying.
そのやり方は邪道だと言われた。
I was told that method was wrong (an evil path).
彼は常に物事の正邪を判断しようと努めている。
He always tries to judge the right and wrong of things.