JLPT N4 · い-adjective

おかしい (okashii)

おかしい is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “funny; amusing”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: おかしい
Romaji: okashii
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

funny; amusing; comical; laughable; ridiculous · い-adjective · usually written in kana
strange; odd; funny; peculiar; weird · い-adjective · usually written in kana
wrong; unsuitable; improper; inappropriate; unbecoming · い-adjective · usually written in kana
suspicious · い-adjective · usually written in kana

Example sentences

君のジョークは何度聞いてもおかしい。

Your joke is funny no matter how many times I hear it.

Tatoeba #178530

洗濯機の調子がどこかおかしい。

Something is wrong with the washing machine.

Tatoeba #141211

君の基本的な理論はおかしいと思う。

I think your basic theory is wrong.

Tatoeba #178426

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of おかしい

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	おかしい	おかしい okashii
Negative	おかしくない	おかしくない okashikunai
Past	おかしかった	おかしかった okashikatta
Negative past	おかしくなかった	おかしくなかった okashikunakatta
Te-form	おかしくて	おかしくて okashikute
Adverb (~ku)	おかしく	おかしく okashiku
Conditional (~ba)	おかしければ	おかしければ okashikereba

Source: JMdict entry 1190860 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.