水臭い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
みず
Grade: 1
くさ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Adjective

水臭い (-i inflection, hiragana みずくさい, rōmaji mizukusai, historical hiragana みづくさい)

  1. (of food and drinks) bland/thin/tasteless, due to containing too many water
    水臭 (みずくさ) (さけ)
    mizukusai sake
    tasteless sake
  2. treating someone like a stranger; regarding someone as an outsider
    婚約 (こんやく) (かく)すような水臭 (みずくさ)いまねはよせ
    kon'yaku o kakusu yō na mizukusai mane wa yose
    Don't hide the news that you are engaged, as if we were not friends.

Inflection

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