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A3 い-adjective

きな(くさ)smelling burnt, smelling scorched, having a burnt smell, smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out), tense, strained, suspicious, dubious, questionable, shady

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    1. い-adjective

      1. 1.

        smelling burnt, smelling scorched, having a burnt smell

      2. 2.

        smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out), tense, strained

      3. 3.

        suspicious, dubious, questionable, shady

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    きな臭い 【きなくさい】キナ臭い 【きなくさい】

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    • きな(くさ)国境地帯(こっきょうちたい)危険(きけん)場所(ばしょ)だ。

      The tense border area is a dangerous place.

    • この(はなし)きな(くさ)い…きっとデタラメだろう。

      This story is suspicious... it's probably nonsense.

      • きな(くさ)いと(おも)っていたら、布団(ふとん)()げていました。

        I thought it was smelling burnt, and it turned out the futon was scorched.

      • 利権(りけん)(から)んだきな(くさ)(はなし)上司(じょうし)から()き、(おも)わず(まゆ)()()げた。

        I heard a suspicious story involving vested interests from my boss and involuntarily raised my eyebrows.

        • あの国境(こっきょう)付近(ふきん)きな(くさ)いので、()って()んでも(だれ)(おどろ)きはしないだろう。

          The area near that border is suspicious, so if you go there and die, no one would be surprised.

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