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悪い is an exact match with one form of the following word:
悪い
BOOST
Reading : わるい   
1. bad; poor; inferior
2. evil; sinful
3. unprofitable; unbeneficial
4. at fault; to blame; in the wrong
5. sorry
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 3 (among the 3,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 137,784 which gives a rank of 1,856
悪い is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 4,000 (about 231,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 378 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 230
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 48 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
ざんねん
残念
ながらあなた
わる
ニュース
らせしなければなりません

I regret that I have to inform you of the bad news.
みち
わる
のでスピード
せない

The bad roads prohibit speeding.
まんいちしゃ
万一車
ちょうし
調子
わる
かったら
わたし
バス
きます

If anything should be wrong with my car, I would go by bus.
わるい
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 56,000 (about 7,450,000 results)
• One of the 1240 words included in the Genki textbooks
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 48 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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惡るい
BOOST
Reading : わるい   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 194,000 (about 308,000 results)
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惡い
BOOST
Reading : わるい   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 200,000 (about 255,000 results)
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アク   オ   わる bad   
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シン   こころ heart   
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アク   オ   わる bad   
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