Vocab Info

N1 I-adjective

生臭(なまぐさ)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

    Common

    1. I-adjective

      1.

      smelling of fish, fishy, smelling of blood, bloody

    2. I-adjective

      2.

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

    3. I-adjective

      3.

      worldly, mundane, secular, common, ordinary

    4. 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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    Examples

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      (てら)生臭(なまぐさ)坊主(ぼうず)(てら)から()()した。

      The temple expelled a worldly monk from its grounds.

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      (なま)(さかな)調理(ちょうり)したので()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)(じょう)(ちか)くでは生臭(なまぐさ)臭気(しゅうき)(ただよ)っています。

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

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      (はん)()べているときに派閥(はばつ)(めぐ)生臭(なまぐさ)(はなし)()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)財界(ざいかい)との生臭(なまぐさ)癒着(ゆちゃく)(あば)いた記者(きしゃ)(いのち)(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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