臭い

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
臭
くさ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
臭い (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 臭い – see the following entry.

【くさい】

[adjective] stinking, smelly, pungent; giving off a bad smell

[adjective] suspicious, fishy; arousing suspicion

[suffix] smells like; reeks of

[suffix] (negatively) very much like; conceptually similar to

[suffix] (with a quasi-adjective stem) an intensifier

(This term, 臭い, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
臭
にお Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
臭い (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 臭い – see the following entry.

【におい】

[noun] smell, scent

[noun] 臭い: foul odor

[noun] odor, scent, smell, whiff, stench

[noun] aura

[noun] sense

[noun] flavor

[noun] smacks of

Alternative spelling
匂い

(This term, 臭い, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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