JLPT N2 · い-adjective

怪しい (ayashii)

怪しい (あやしい, ayashii) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “suspicious; dubious”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: あやしい
Romaji: ayashii
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

suspicious; dubious; questionable; dodgy; shady · い-adjective
doubtful; unsure; uncertain; unlikely; implausible · い-adjective
untrustworthy; unreliable; clumsy; awkward; shaky · い-adjective
strange; weird; eerie; spooky; uncanny · い-adjective
ominous (e.g. weather); threatening; dangerous (e.g. financial situation); uncertain · い-adjective

Example sentences

みんな奴は怪しいと思っている。

We are all suspicious about him.

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彼が時間どおりに来るかどうかは私は怪しいと思う。

I question whether he'll come in time.

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その怪しい女性は、魔女と考えられた。

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

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

Conjugation of 怪しい

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	怪しい	あやしい ayashii
Negative	怪しくない	あやしくない ayashikunai
Past	怪しかった	あやしかった ayashikatta
Negative past	怪しくなかった	あやしくなかった ayashikunakatta
Te-form	怪しくて	あやしくて ayashikute
Adverb (~ku)	怪しく	あやしく ayashiku
Conditional (~ba)	怪しければ	あやしければ ayashikereba

Kanji in 怪しい

怪

suspicious, mystery, apparitionカイ・ケ・あや.しい・あや.しむ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 怪しい.

怪獣かいじゅうmonster

Source: JMdict entry 1586700 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.