"くさい" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Japanese]

IPA: [kɯ̟̊ᵝsa̠i] Forms: kusai [romanization], くさく [adverbial]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 logographically as 臰, and in the Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki of 794 as 久佐之. In turn, from Proto-Japonic *kusa. Cognate with 糞(くそ) (kuso, “feces, arse, shit”) and 腐(くさ)る (kusaru, “to rot”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{lang|ja|臰}} 臰, {{lang|ja|久佐之}} 久佐之, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*kusa}} Proto-Japonic *kusa, {{ja-r|糞|くそ|t=feces, arse, shit}} 糞(くそ) (kuso, “feces, arse, shit”), {{ja-r|腐る|くさる|t=to rot}} 腐(くさ)る (kusaru, “to rot”) Head templates: {{ja-adj|infl=i}} くさい • (kusai) -i (adverbial くさく (kusaku))
  1. stinking, smelly, pungent; giving off a bad smell Categories (topical): Smell
    Sense id: en-くさい-ja-adj-bVTx9Sch Disambiguation of Smell: 77 5 14 1 2 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 63 4 3 25 5 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup: 60 5 3 26 6 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 60 8 6 19 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 61 7 4 23 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 61 7 4 23 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 57 6 4 28 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 60 7 4 24 5 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 46 10 7 29 8
  2. suspicious, fishy; arousing suspicion Synonyms (suspicious): 胡散臭い (usankusai) (ruby: (), (さん), (くさ))
    Sense id: en-くさい-ja-adj-y~6J82Ko Disambiguation of 'suspicious': 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 腐る (kusaru) (ruby: (くさ))

Suffix [Japanese]

IPA: [kɯ̟̊ᵝsa̠i] Forms: -kusai [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 logographically as 臰, and in the Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki of 794 as 久佐之. In turn, from Proto-Japonic *kusa. Cognate with 糞(くそ) (kuso, “feces, arse, shit”) and 腐(くさ)る (kusaru, “to rot”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{lang|ja|臰}} 臰, {{lang|ja|久佐之}} 久佐之, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*kusa}} Proto-Japonic *kusa, {{ja-r|糞|くそ|t=feces, arse, shit}} 糞(くそ) (kuso, “feces, arse, shit”), {{ja-r|腐る|くさる|t=to rot}} 腐(くさ)る (kusaru, “to rot”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix}} くさい • (-kusai)
  1. smells like; reeks of Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-くさい-ja-suffix-jZnR-hkU
  2. (negatively) very much like; conceptually similar to Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-くさい-ja-suffix-Uh5czZD7
  3. (with a quasi-adjective stem) an intensifier Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-くさい-ja-suffix-57X5wX3p

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            ],
            [
              "和",
              "わ"
            ],
            [
              "臭",
              "くさ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "昭和臭い\nShōwa-kusai\nlike the Shōwa era"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "very much like; conceptually similar to"
      ],
      "qualifier": "negatively",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(negatively) very much like; conceptually similar to"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "面",
              "めん"
            ],
            [
              "倒",
              "どう"
            ],
            [
              "臭",
              "くさ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "面倒臭い\nmendō-kusai\na hassle"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an intensifier"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "quasi-adjective",
          "形容動詞"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with a quasi-adjective stem) an intensifier"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with a quasi-adjective stem"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "くさい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɯ̟̊ᵝsa̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai",
    "Nihon Shoki",
    "Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki"
  ],
  "word": "くさい"
}

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