Word · 単語
怪しい
Reading あやしい
suspicious
- 1 suspicious, dubious, questionable, dodgy, shady, fishy
- 2 doubtful, unsure, uncertain, unlikely, implausible
- 3 untrustworthy, unreliable, clumsy, awkward, shaky, poor
- 4 strange, weird, eerie, spooky, uncanny
- 5 ominous (e.g. weather), threatening, dangerous (e.g. financial situation), uncertain
- 6 suspicious (of a potential amorous relation)
- 7 mysterious, bewitching, alluring, enticing, enchanting — also 妖しい
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例文 · examples
空模様が怪しい。
The sky looks angry.
sense 5 · ominous (e.g. weather)
彼が怪しいと思う。
I am suspicious of him.
sense 1 · suspicious
あの二人はどうも怪しい。
They are too close.
sense 6 · suspicious (of a potential amorous relation)
その怪しい女性は、魔女と考えられた。
The strange-looking woman was thought to be a witch.
sense 4 · strange
「彼は成功するだろうか」「どうも怪しい」
"Will he succeed?" "I fear not."
sense 2 · doubtful