Vocab Info

N1 い-adjective

生臭(なまぐさ)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

    1. い-adjective

      1. 1.

        smelling of fish, fishy, smelling of blood, bloody

      2. 2.

        degenerate (of a monk), depraved, corrupt, fallen

      3. 3.

        worldly, mundane, secular, common, ordinary

      4. 4.

        fishy, suspicious, questionable

    All Forms

    生臭い 【なまぐさい】、腥い 【なまぐさい】

    Details

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    • Frequency

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    Examples

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    • お寺(てら)が生臭(なまぐさ)い坊主(ぼうず)を寺(てら)から追(お)い出(だ)した。

      The temple expelled a worldly monk from its grounds.

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    • 生(なま)の魚(さかな)を調理(ちょうり)したので手(て)が生臭(なまぐさ)くなりました。

      My hands became fishy-smelling after handling raw fish.

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    • ごみ処理(しょり)場(じょう)の近(ちか)くでは生臭(なまぐさ)い臭気(しゅうき)が漂(ただよ)っています。

      A pungent, fishy stench is drifting near the garbage processing site.

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    • ご飯(はん)を食(た)べているときに派閥(はばつ)を巡(めぐ)る生臭(なまぐさ)い話(はなし)は聞(き)きたくない。

      I don't want to hear any dirty political stories about factional infighting while I’m eating.

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    • 政界(せいかい)と財界(ざいかい)との生臭(なまぐさ)い癒着(ゆちゃく)を暴(あば)いた記者(きしゃ)が命(いのち)を狙(ねら)われているそうだ。

      The reporter who exposed the suspicious ties between politics and big business is said to be under threat.

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