Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
あく
Grade: 3
みょう
Grade: 1
たか > だか
Grade: 2
Alternative spelling
惡名高い (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

Compound of 悪名 (akumyō, bad name) +‎ 高い (takai, high, tall). The takai changes to dakai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [a̠kɯ̟ᵝmʲo̞ːda̠ka̠i]

Adjective edit

(あく)(みょう)(だか) (akumyōdakai-i (adverbial (あく)(みょう)(だか) (akumyōdakaku))

  1. infamous, notorious

Inflection edit

Antonyms edit