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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
く
さ
い
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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?!
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