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臭くさい
Meanings
Adjective (い)
1. stinking; smelly
It doesn't smell anymore, and I can breathe properly.
2. suspicious; fishy
That shop's ridiculously low prices seem fishy.
3. hammy (acting); over-the-top; cheesy
Even I did think it might be a little too cheesy.
4. clumsy; unskilled
5. (overly) gamey; strong-tasting
I don't like mutton because it's too gamey.
Adjective (い)
Suffix
6. smelling of
Oh, wait, do I smell like animals?!
7. looking like; appearing like; smacking of; -ish
That's such an old-guy thing.
Alt. forms
臭くさい
66%
くさい
30%
くせー
1%
Kanji used
臭
smelly
Pitch accent
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さ
い
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Used in: 2846
Used in vocabulary (102 in total)
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
embarrassing; awkward
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Examples (25 in total)
It stinks.
Are you saying I smell bad?
Oh, wait, do I smell like animals?!
Your comment sounds like an old man talking.
That's such an old-guy thing.
It is neither dirty nor smelly.
This towel is smelly.
You stink of cigarettes.
Your socks stink.
I don't like mutton because it's too gamey.
The well water is cloudy and smells.
We'll get rid of the bad smell at its source!
Tom always smells like cigarettes.
"I'm soaked with sweat." "Step back. You stink!"
The room smelled of tobacco.
Something about that man's story seems fishy.
It doesn't smell anymore, and I can breathe properly.
This article reads a lot like an advertisement.
It's quite distinct from the smell of burning.
His clothes always smell of gasoline.
If you don't drain the blood, liver ends up tasting gamey.
Even I did think it might be a little too cheesy.
He was also not a little shocked at being called smelly.
That actor's acting is so hammy I can't bear to watch.
That shop's ridiculously low prices seem fishy.