悪循環

Japanese

Kanji in this term
悪	循	環
あく Grade: 3	じゅん Grade: S	かん Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
惡循環 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 悪 (aku, “evil, wicked”) +‎ 循環 (junkan, “cycle”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あくじゅんかん [àkújúꜜǹkàǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [a̠kɯ̟ʑɨ̃ŋkã̠ɴ]

Noun

悪(あく)循(じゅん)環(かん) • (akujunkan) ^{←あくじゅんくわん (akuzyunkwan)^?}

a vicious cycle, a vicious circle
悪(あく)循(じゅん)環(かん)を断(た)つ
akujunkan o tatsu
to break out of a vicious cycle

Antonyms

好(こう)循(じゅん)環(かん) (kōjunkan): a virtuous cycle, a virtuous circle

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN