怪しい

Japanese

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怪しい (い-i inflection, hiragana あやしい, romaji ayashii)

  1. suspicious, shady
  2. fumbling, unsteady, awkward
  3. suspect, doubtful
    • 出来るか如何か怪しい
      できるかどうかあやしい
      Dekiru ka dō ka ayashii.
      Whether it can be done or not is suspect [doubtful].
  4. eerie, uncanny
    • Also written 妖しい in this sense.

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