Vocab Info
N1 I-adjective
生臭いsmelling of fish, fishy, smelling of blood, bloody, degenerate (of a monk), depraved, corrupt, fallen, worldly, mundane, secular, common, ordinary, fishy, suspicious, questionable
Dictionary Definition
I-adjective
1.
smelling of fish, fishy, smelling of blood, bloody
I-adjective
2.
degenerate (of a monk), depraved, corrupt, fallen
I-adjective
3.
worldly, mundane, secular, common, ordinary
I-adjective
4.
fishy, suspicious, questionable
All Forms
生臭い 【なまぐさい】、腥い 【なまぐさい】
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お寺が生臭い坊主を寺から追い出した。
The temple expelled the fishy/smelling of fish monk from the temple. {smelling of fish, fishy, smelling of blood, bloody, degenerate (of a monk), depraved, corrupt, fallen, worldly, mundane, secular, common, ordinary, fishy, suspicious, questionable}
生の魚を調理したので手が生臭くなりました。
My hands smell of raw fish because I cooked it. {smelling of fish, fishy, smelling of blood, bloody, degenerate (of a monk), depraved, corrupt, fallen, worldly, mundane, secular, common, ordinary, fishy, suspicious, questionable}
ごみ処理場の近くでは生臭い臭気が漂っています。
A fishy stench is wafting around near the garbage disposal site. {smelling of fish, fishy, smelling of blood, bloody, degenerate (of a monk), depraved, corrupt, fallen, worldly, mundane, secular, common, ordinary, fishy, suspicious, questionable}
ご飯を食べているときに派閥を巡る生臭い話は聞きたくない。
I don't want to hear any fishy stories about factional disputes while I'm eating. {smelling of fish, fishy, smelling of blood, bloody, degenerate (of a monk), depraved, corrupt, fallen, worldly, mundane, secular, common, ordinary, fishy, suspicious, questionable}
政界と財界との生臭い癒着を暴いた記者が命を狙われているそうだ。
It seems that the reporter who exposed the fishy collusion between the political and financial worlds is now being targeted for assassination. {smelling of fish, fishy, smelling of blood, bloody, degenerate (of a monk), depraved, corrupt, fallen, worldly, mundane, secular, common, ordinary, fishy, suspicious, questionable}
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