"怪しい" meaning in Japanese

See 怪しい in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [a̠ja̠ɕiː]
Etymology: From interjection あや (aya, “oh”) + しい (-shii). Etymology templates: {{ja-com|あや||-し.い|t1=oh}} あや (aya, “oh”) + しい (-shii) Head templates: {{ja-adj|あやしい|infl=i}} 怪(あや)しい • (ayashii) -i (adverbial 怪(あや)しく (ayashiku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=あやし|lemma=怪し|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: 怪しい [canonical] (ruby: (あや)), ayashii [romanization], 怪しく [adverbial] (ruby: (あや)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 怪しかろ [imperfective, stem], あやしかろ [imperfective, stem], ayashikaro [imperfective], 怪しく [continuative, stem], あやしく [continuative, stem], ayashiku [continuative], 怪しい [stem, terminative], あやしい [stem, terminative], ayashii [terminative], 怪しい [attributive, stem], あやしい [attributive, stem], ayashii [attributive], 怪しけれ [hypothetical, stem], あやしけれ [hypothetical, stem], ayashikere [hypothetical], 怪しかれ [imperative, stem], あやしかれ [imperative, stem], ayashikare [imperative], 怪しくない [informal, negative], あやしくない [informal, negative], ayashiku nai [informal, negative], 怪しかった [informal, past], あやしかった [informal, past], ayashikatta [informal, past], 怪しくなかった [informal, negative, past], あやしくなかった [informal, negative, past], ayashiku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 怪しいです [formal], あやしいです [formal], ayashii desu [formal], 怪しくないです [formal, negative], あやしくないです [formal, negative], ayashiku nai desu [formal, negative], 怪しかったです [formal, past], あやしかったです [formal, past], ayashikatta desu [formal, past], 怪しくなかったです [formal, negative, past], あやしくなかったです [formal, negative, past], ayashiku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 怪しくて [conjunctive], あやしくて [conjunctive], ayashikute [conjunctive], 怪しければ [conditional], あやしければ [conditional], ayashikereba [conditional], 怪しかったら [conditional, past], あやしかったら [conditional, past], ayashikattara [conditional, past], 怪しかろう [volitional], あやしかろう [volitional], ayashikarō [volitional], 怪しく [adverbial], あやしく [adverbial], ayashiku [adverbial], 怪しさ [noun-from-adj], あやしさ [noun-from-adj], ayashisa [noun-from-adj]
  1. suspicious, shady
    Sense id: en-怪しい-ja-adj-HkSjhP60 Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms suffixed with しい, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 55 14 21 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 54 14 20 12 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 60 12 17 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 83 5 7 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms suffixed with しい: 19 34 38 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 60 12 17 11
  2. fumbling, unsteady, awkward
    Sense id: en-怪しい-ja-adj-Oz78hVve Categories (other): Japanese terms suffixed with しい, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms suffixed with しい: 19 34 38 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 0 42 47 11
  3. suspect, doubtful
    Sense id: en-怪しい-ja-adj-6DOqY4B6 Categories (other): Japanese terms suffixed with しい, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese terms suffixed with しい: 19 34 38 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 0 42 47 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 26 37 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 18 56 6
  4. 妖しい: eerie, uncanny
    Sense id: en-怪しい-ja-adj-p0v9KgCj Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 0 42 47 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 不審 (fushin) (ruby: (), (しん)), 疑わしい (utagawashii) (ruby: (うたが)), 不思議 (fushigi) (ruby: (), (), ()), 不気味 (bukimi) (ruby: (), (), ()) Related terms: 怪しむ (ayashimu) (ruby: (あや)) (english: to suspect)
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  "etymology_text": "From interjection あや (aya, “oh”) + しい (-shii).",
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      "form": "ja-i",
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      "form": "怪しかろ",
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      "form": "あやしかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "ayashikaro",
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      "form": "怪しく",
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      "form": "あやしく",
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      "form": "ayashiku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "怪しい",
      "source": "inflection",
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    {
      "form": "あやしい",
      "source": "inflection",
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    {
      "form": "ayashii",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "怪しい",
      "source": "inflection",
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    {
      "form": "あやしい",
      "source": "inflection",
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    {
      "form": "ayashii",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "怪しけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "あやしけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ayashikere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "怪しかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ayashikare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怪しくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashiku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怪しかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashikatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怪しくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashiku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怪しいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashii desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怪しくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashiku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怪しかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashikatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怪しくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashiku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怪しくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashikute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怪しければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashikereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怪しかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashikattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怪しかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashikarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怪しく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashiku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怪しさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashisa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "あやしい",
        "infl": "i"
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  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "あやし",
        "lemma": "怪し",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
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  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to suspect",
      "roman": "ayashimu",
      "ruby": [
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          "怪",
          "あや"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "怪しむ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        {
          "_dis": "55 14 21 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 14 20 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 12 17 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 5 7 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 34 38 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms suffixed with しい",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 12 17 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "suspicious person",
          "roman": "ayashii jinbutsu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "怪",
              "あや"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "じん"
            ],
            [
              "物",
              "ぶつ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "怪しい人物"
        },
        {
          "english": "shady business",
          "roman": "ayashii shōbai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "怪",
              "あや"
            ],
            [
              "商",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "売",
              "ばい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "怪しい商売"
        },
        {
          "english": "That dude, though. He sure looks shady.",
          "ref": "1996 September 15, Mitsuru Adachi, “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:",
          "roman": "Hontō ni ayashii o-ji-san ne, ano hito.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "本",
              "ほん"
            ],
            [
              "当",
              "とう"
            ],
            [
              "怪",
              "あや"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "本当に怪しいオジさんね、あの人。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suspicious, shady"
      ],
      "id": "en-怪しい-ja-adj-HkSjhP60",
      "links": [
        [
          "suspicious",
          "suspicious"
        ],
        [
          "shady",
          "shady"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "19 34 38 9",
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          "name": "Japanese terms suffixed with しい",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 42 47 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "His Japanese is quite awkward.",
          "roman": "Kare no Nihongo wa kanari ayashii.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "彼",
              "かれ"
            ],
            [
              "日",
              "に"
            ],
            [
              "本",
              "ほん"
            ],
            [
              "語",
              "ご"
            ],
            [
              "怪",
              "あや"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "彼の日本語はかなり怪しい。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The writer's argument is on an unsteady footing.",
          "roman": "Chosha no shuchō wa ashimoto ga ayashii.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "著",
              "ちょ"
            ],
            [
              "者",
              "しゃ"
            ],
            [
              "主",
              "しゅ"
            ],
            [
              "張",
              "ちょう"
            ],
            [
              "足",
              "あし"
            ],
            [
              "元",
              "もと"
            ],
            [
              "怪",
              "あや"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "著者の主張は足元が怪しい。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fumbling, unsteady, awkward"
      ],
      "id": "en-怪しい-ja-adj-Oz78hVve",
      "links": [
        [
          "fumbling",
          "fumbling"
        ],
        [
          "unsteady",
          "unsteady"
        ],
        [
          "awkward",
          "awkward"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 34 38 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms suffixed with しい",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 42 47 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 26 37 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 18 56 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Whether it can be done or not is suspect [doubtful].",
          "roman": "Dekiru ka dō ka ayashii.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "出",
              "で"
            ],
            [
              "来",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "如何",
              "どう"
            ],
            [
              "怪",
              "あや"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "出来るか如何か怪しい。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suspect, doubtful"
      ],
      "id": "en-怪しい-ja-adj-6DOqY4B6",
      "links": [
        [
          "suspect",
          "suspect"
        ],
        [
          "doubtful",
          "doubtful"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 42 47 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "妖しい: eerie, uncanny"
      ],
      "id": "en-怪しい-ja-adj-p0v9KgCj",
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          "妖しい",
          "妖しい#Japanese"
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          "eerie",
          "eerie"
        ],
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          "uncanny",
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "other": "あやしい"
    },
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      "ipa": "[a̠ja̠ɕiː]"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "fushin",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "不",
          "ふ"
        ],
        [
          "審",
          "しん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "不審"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "utagawashii",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "疑",
          "うたが"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "疑わしい"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "fushigi",
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        [
          "不",
          "ふ"
        ],
        [
          "思",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "議",
          "ぎ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "不思議"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bukimi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "不",
          "ぶ"
        ],
        [
          "気",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "味",
          "み"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "不気味"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijisen#Online_search_engines"
  ],
  "word": "怪しい"
}
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    "Japanese compound terms",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms suffixed with しい",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese い-i adjectives",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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        "2": "",
        "3": "-し.い",
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      "name": "ja-com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From interjection あや (aya, “oh”) + しい (-shii).",
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    {
      "form": "怪しい",
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          "怪",
          "あや"
        ]
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        "canonical"
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      "form": "ayashii",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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    {
      "form": "怪しく",
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          "怪",
          "あや"
        ]
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        "adverbial"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "怪しかろ",
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashikaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怪しく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashiku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怪しい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashii",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怪しい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashii",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怪しけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashikere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怪しかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashikare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怪しくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashiku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怪しかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashikatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怪しくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashiku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怪しいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashii desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怪しくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashiku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怪しかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashikatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怪しくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashiku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怪しくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashikute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怪しければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashikereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怪しかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashikattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怪しかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashikarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怪しく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashiku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "怪しさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやしさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayashisa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "あやしい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "怪(あや)しい • (ayashii) -i (adverbial 怪(あや)しく (ayashiku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
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        "lemma": "怪し",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "english": "to suspect",
      "roman": "ayashimu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "怪",
          "あや"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "怪しむ"
    }
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        {
          "english": "suspicious person",
          "roman": "ayashii jinbutsu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "怪",
              "あや"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "じん"
            ],
            [
              "物",
              "ぶつ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "怪しい人物"
        },
        {
          "english": "shady business",
          "roman": "ayashii shōbai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "怪",
              "あや"
            ],
            [
              "商",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "売",
              "ばい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "怪しい商売"
        },
        {
          "english": "That dude, though. He sure looks shady.",
          "ref": "1996 September 15, Mitsuru Adachi, “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:",
          "roman": "Hontō ni ayashii o-ji-san ne, ano hito.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "本",
              "ほん"
            ],
            [
              "当",
              "とう"
            ],
            [
              "怪",
              "あや"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "本当に怪しいオジさんね、あの人。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suspicious, shady"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "suspicious",
          "suspicious"
        ],
        [
          "shady",
          "shady"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "His Japanese is quite awkward.",
          "roman": "Kare no Nihongo wa kanari ayashii.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "彼",
              "かれ"
            ],
            [
              "日",
              "に"
            ],
            [
              "本",
              "ほん"
            ],
            [
              "語",
              "ご"
            ],
            [
              "怪",
              "あや"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "彼の日本語はかなり怪しい。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The writer's argument is on an unsteady footing.",
          "roman": "Chosha no shuchō wa ashimoto ga ayashii.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "著",
              "ちょ"
            ],
            [
              "者",
              "しゃ"
            ],
            [
              "主",
              "しゅ"
            ],
            [
              "張",
              "ちょう"
            ],
            [
              "足",
              "あし"
            ],
            [
              "元",
              "もと"
            ],
            [
              "怪",
              "あや"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "著者の主張は足元が怪しい。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fumbling, unsteady, awkward"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fumbling",
          "fumbling"
        ],
        [
          "unsteady",
          "unsteady"
        ],
        [
          "awkward",
          "awkward"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Whether it can be done or not is suspect [doubtful].",
          "roman": "Dekiru ka dō ka ayashii.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "出",
              "で"
            ],
            [
              "来",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "如何",
              "どう"
            ],
            [
              "怪",
              "あや"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "出来るか如何か怪しい。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suspect, doubtful"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "suspect",
          "suspect"
        ],
        [
          "doubtful",
          "doubtful"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "妖しい: eerie, uncanny"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "妖しい",
          "妖しい#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "eerie",
          "eerie"
        ],
        [
          "uncanny",
          "uncanny"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "あやしい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠ja̠ɕiː]"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "roman": "fushin",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "不",
          "ふ"
        ],
        [
          "審",
          "しん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "不審"
    },
    {
      "roman": "utagawashii",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "疑",
          "うたが"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "疑わしい"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fushigi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "不",
          "ふ"
        ],
        [
          "思",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "議",
          "ぎ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "不思議"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bukimi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "不",
          "ぶ"
        ],
        [
          "気",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "味",
          "み"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "不気味"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijisen#Online_search_engines"
  ],
  "word": "怪しい"
}

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