悪名高い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
あく
Grade: 3
みょう
Grade: 1
たか > だか
Grade: 2

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): [a̠kɯ̟ᵝmʲo̞ːda̠ka̠i]

Adjective

悪名高い (-i inflection, hiragana あくみょうだかい, rōmaji akumyōdakai)

  1. infamous, notorious

Inflection

Antonyms

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