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けむたい

rarely used kanji formい adjectiveadjective (generic)

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Meanings

  • smoky
  • awkward, uncomfortable, ill at ease

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Example sentences

このキャンプファイヤーのけむりけむたくていたい。

The smoke from this campfire is so smoky that my eyes hurt.

上司じょうしけむたい存在そんざいで、なかなかはなしかけられない。

My boss is such an uncomfortable presence that I can hardly bring myself to talk to him.

彼女かのじょはいつも正論せいろんうので、まわりのひとからけむたがられている。

Because she always speaks the hard truth, she is regarded as someone uncomfortable to be around by those around her.

囲炉裏いろりちかくにすわるとけむたくて仕方しかたがない。

When I sit near the irori hearth, it gets unbearably smoky.

直言ちょくげんいとわないかれは、組織そしきなかでどうしてもけむたい人物じんぶつなされがちだ。

He, who does not shy away from speaking bluntly, tends to inevitably be regarded as an awkward figure within the organization.