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臭い (くさい): stinky, smelly, bad-smelling — Japanese vocabulary

臭い is read くさい and means "stinky, smelly, bad-smelling". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

臭い

Reading
くさい · kusai
Translation
stinky, smelly, bad-smelling
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
くさいが

Example

「汗でびしょ濡れだよ」「離れてっ。臭いわっ!」

「あせでびしょぬれだよ」「はなれてっ。くさいわっ!」

"I'm soaked with sweat." "Step back. You stink!"

Kanji in this word

  • 臭 — Stinking, Ill-smelling, Suspicious Looking

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