N21011/1725

怪あやしい

い adjectiveadjective (generic)

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あやしい

Meanings

suspicious, dubious, questionable, dodgy, shady, fishy
doubtful, unsure, uncertain, unlikely, implausible
untrustworthy, unreliable, clumsy, awkward, shaky, poor
strange, weird, eerie, spooky, uncanny
ominous (e.g. weather), threatening, dangerous (e.g. financial situation), uncertain
suspicious (of a potential amorous relation)
mysterious, bewitching, alluring, enticing, enchanting

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Example sentences

あの男おとこの動うごきが怪あやしい。

That man's movements are suspicious.

空そらの様子ようすが怪あやしくなってきたから、早はやめに帰かえろう。

The sky is looking ominous, so let's head home early.

彼かれの日本語にほんごは少すこし怪あやしいが、なんとか意思疎通いしそつうはできる。

His Japanese is a bit shaky, but he can somehow communicate.

その投資とうし話はなしはどう考かんがえても怪あやしいので、関かかわらない方ほうがいい。

No matter how you look at it, that investment story is dubious, so it's better not to get involved.

路地裏ろじうらに怪あやしい人影ひとかげが見みえたと近隣きんりん住民じゅうみんから通報つうほうがあった。

A report was received from nearby residents that a suspicious figure was spotted in the back alley.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)