怪しい

Japanese

FWOTD – 12 November 2022
Kanji in this term
あや
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

  • (eerie): 妖しい

Etymology

From interjection あや (aya, oh).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "怪しい"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 怪しく やしく
しく
やし
[àyáshíkú]
[àyáꜜshìkù]
[àyáshíꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) 怪しい やしい
やし
[àyáshíí]
[àyáshíꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 怪しい やしい
やし
[àyáshíí]
[àyáshíꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative 怪しくない やしくな
しくない
やしくない
[àyáshíkúnáꜜì]
[àyáꜜshìkùnàì]
[àyáshíꜜkùnàì]
Informal past 怪しかった やしかった
しかった
[àyáshíꜜkàttà]
[àyáꜜshìkàttà]
Informal negative past 怪しくなかった やしくなかった
しくなかった
やしくなかった
[àyáshíkúnáꜜkàttà]
[àyáꜜshìkùnàkàttà]
[àyáshíꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal 怪しいです やしいです [àyáshíꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 怪しくて やしくて
しくて
[àyáshíꜜkùtè]
[àyáꜜshìkùtè]
Conditional 怪しければ やしければ
しければ
[àyáshíꜜkèrèbà]
[àyáꜜshìkèrèbà]

Adjective

(あや)しい (ayashii) -i, adverbial (あや)しく (ayashiku)

  1. suspicious, shady
    (あや)しい(じん)(ぶつ)
    ayashii jinbutsu
    suspicious person
    (あや)しい(しょう)(ばい)
    ayashii shōbai
    shady business
    • 1996 September 15, Adachi, Mitsuru, “エースをつぶせ! 後編 [Eliminate the Ace! Last Chapter]”, in SHORT(ショート) PROGRAM(プログラム) [Short Program], volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 167:
      (ほん)(とう)(あや)しいオジさんね、あの(ひと)
      Hontō ni ayashii o-ji-san ne, ano hito.
      That dude, though. He sure looks shady.
  2. fumbling, unsteady, awkward
    (かれ)()(ほん)()はかなり(あや)しい
    Kare no Nihongo wa kanari ayashii.
    His Japanese is quite awkward.
    (ちょ)(しゃ)(しゅ)(ちょう)(あし)(もと)(あや)しい
    Chosha no shuchō wa ashimoto ga ayashii.
    The writer's argument is on an unsteady footing.
  3. suspect, doubtful
    ()()るか如何(どう)(あや)しい
    Dekiru ka dō ka ayashii.
    Whether it can be done or not is suspect [doubtful].
  4. eerie, uncanny

Inflection

Synonyms

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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