悪わるさ

noun

badness; poor quality; how bad something is

A noun expressing the bad or poor quality of something, often used with の or に to point to what is unsatisfactory.

• このホテルは立りっ地ちはいいが、サービスの悪わるさが目め立だつ。

  This hotel has a good location, but the poor service stands out.

• 電でん波ぱの悪わるさに困こまっている。

  I am having trouble with the poor signal.

noun

mischief; naughty act; mean trick

Common in the pattern 悪さをする, meaning to do something naughty, mischievous, or deliberately troublesome. Often used for children, animals, or minor wrongdoing.

• 子こどもたちが庭にわで悪わるさをして、花はなを踏ふんでしまった。

  The children got up to mischief in the garden and trampled the flowers.

• 留る守す中ちゅうに猫ねこが台だい所どころで悪わるさをした。

  While we were out, the cat got into mischief in the kitchen.