悪循環
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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悪 | 循 | 環 |
あく Grade: 3 |
じゅん Grade: S |
かん Grade: S |
on’yomi |
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惡循環 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology edit
Compound of 悪 (aku, “evil, wicked”) + 循環 (junkan, “cycle”).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
悪循環 • (akujunkan) ←あくじゅんくわん (akuzyunkwan)?
- a vicious cycle, a vicious circle
- 悪循環を断つ
- akujunkan o tatsu
- to break out of a vicious cycle
- 悪循環を断つ
Antonyms edit
- 好循環 (kōjunkan): a virtuous cycle, a virtuous circle
References edit
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN