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あく
ぼんよう
凡庸
なお
title of book, album etc.
Questioning Again the "Banality of Evil"
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
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Most common form: あく
noun
evil; wickedness  (opposite: )
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0
mediocre; banality; commonplace
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to question again; to repeat a question (esp. a problematic point, or to verify understanding); to repeat a query
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Kanji
アク   オ   わる bad   
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シン   こころ heart   
ア    Asia; rank next   
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west
ハン   ボン    simple, mediocre   
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キ    table   
dot   
ヨウ    commonplace   
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slashed yo
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yo; yell
stick   
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
广
stony cliff
モン   と question   と to ask   とん wholesale   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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モン   かど gate   
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チョク   ジキ    honest; direct   なお to correct   なお to be cured   ただちに immediately   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
shelf
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