Malice - Evil

Japanese: 悪意 - あくい

〘noun〙① A bad heart or feeling. Evil feelings. ⇔Good intentions. [Bunmeihon Setsuyoshu (middle Muromachi period)] [Book of the Later Han - Biography of Liu Yan]② A feeling of wanting to harass and harm others. A spiteful feeling. Also, such a way of looking at things. Bad feelings. ⇔Good intentions, favorable feelings. *Western Affairs (1866-70) by Fukuzawa Yukichi and others: "Please eliminate malice from your heart and make it your first priority not to harm others."③ A bad meaning. A meaning that is taken negatively by the receiver. "Interpret it maliciously," "It would be troubling if it was taken maliciously," etc. ⇔Good intentions. ④ Regardless of moral good or evil, knowledge of a fact that affects legal effect. ⇔Good intentions. [Futsuwa Horitsu Jibo (1886)]

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 悪い心、気持。悪心。⇔善意。〔文明本節用集（室町中）〕〔後漢書‐劉焉伝〕② 他人をいやがらせ、害を与えようとする気持。いじわるな気持。また、そのような見方。わるぎ。⇔善意・好意。※西洋事情（1866‐70）〈福沢諭吉〉外「宜しく躬から悪意を除き他人を害することなきを以て先務と為す可し」③ 悪い意味。受け手が悪くとった意味。「悪意に解釈する」「悪意にとられては困る」など。⇔善意。④ 道徳的善悪にかかわらず、法律上の効力に影響を及ぼすある事実を知っていること。⇔善意。〔仏和法律字彙（1886）〕

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