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怪しい (あやしい): suspicious, dubious, doubtful — Japanese vocabulary

怪しい is read あやしい and means "suspicious, dubious, doubtful". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

怪しい

Reading
あやしい · ayashii
Translation
suspicious, dubious, doubtful
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
あやしいがあやしいが

Example

その怪しい女性は、魔女と考えられた。

そのあやしいじょせいは、まじょとかんがえられた。

The strange-looking woman was thought to be a witch.

Kanji in this word

  • 怪 — Suspicious, Mystery, Apparition

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