くさい
Meanings
Adjective (い)
1. stinking; smelly
2. suspicious; fishy
3. hammy (acting); over-the-top; cheesy
4. clumsy; unskilled
5. (overly) gamey; strong-tasting
Adjective (い)
Suffix
6. smelling of
7. looking like; appearing like; smacking of; -ish
Pitch accent
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Top 7500
Used in vocabulary (108 in total)
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
embarrassing; awkward
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
depressing; dark (e.g. story); grim (e.g. expression); irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.)
slow; clumsy; slow-witted; stupid
contrived; false-sounding
troublesome; pain in the butt
human-like; quite human
shabby; mean; sorry; dingy
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
slow; clumsy; slow-witted; stupid
embarrassing; awkward
stingy; mean; narrow-minded; petty; shabby; poor
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
in the manner of an old person; like that of an old person; fusty; old-fashioned; fogyish
preachy; sanctimonious
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
contrived; false-sounding
smelling burnt; tasting burnt; having a burnt smell
stingy; mean; narrow-minded; petty; shabby; poor
extremely bothersome; extremely tiresome; extremely troublesome; very tedious
smelling of mud; smelling of earth; unrefined; unpolished; uncouth
ridiculous; stupid; foolish; absurd; laughable
contrived; false-sounding
old-maidish (esp. of fashion); old-womanish
fishy; dubious; questionable; false-looking
depressing; dark (e.g. story); grim (e.g. expression); irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.)
old-mannish
old-mannish
slow; clumsy; slow-witted; stupid
extremely bothersome; extremely tiresome; extremely troublesome; very tedious
smelling burnt; tasting burnt; having a burnt smell
ridiculous; stupid; foolish; absurd; laughable
frustratingly slow
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
troublesome; pain in the butt
over-explanatory; overly expository; didactic; preachy
old-mannish
countrified; unsophisticated; unfashionable; uncool; lacking refinement
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
fishy; dubious; questionable; false-looking
old-maidish (esp. of fashion); old-womanish
Western-influenced; Occidental-looking; exotic; (lit.) smelling of butter
overly pious; sanctimonious; priestly; monkish
reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
having a metallic smell; having a metallic taste
overly concerned with domestic affairs; having an air of domesticity
foolish; stupid
smelling of mud; smelling of earth; unrefined; unpolished; uncouth
countrified; unsophisticated; unfashionable; uncool; lacking refinement
frustratingly slow
smell(ing) of sweat
countrified; unsophisticated; unfashionable; uncool; lacking refinement
to go to prison; to serve a prison term; (lit.) to eat foul-smelling food
having the smell of having been dried in the sun; provincial; rural; unrefined
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
human-like; quite human
smelling of men; reeking of male body odor; manly; macho
dismal; gloomy
extremely bothersome; extremely tiresome; extremely troublesome; very tedious
green; wet behind the ears; immature; (lit.) smelling of milk
having bad breath; having halitosis
smelling of face powder; coquettish; resembling the atmosphere of nightlife business
smelling of rotten food and drink
depressing; dark (e.g. story); grim (e.g. expression); irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.)
shabby; mean; sorry; dingy
in the manner of an old person; like that of an old person; fusty; old-fashioned; fogyish
preachy; sanctimonious
smelling of earth; rustic
ridiculous; stupid; foolish; absurd; laughable
old-maidish (esp. of fashion); old-womanish
smelling of the sea; smelling of the seashore
prudent-looking
stinking of urine; childish; immature; inexperienced
having a metallic smell; having a metallic taste
looking the other way; hushing up a problem
looking the other way; hushing up a problem
looking the other way; hushing up a problem
looking the other way; hushing up a problem
smelling of incense; overly pious
smelling of woman; womanly; feminine
over-explanatory; overly expository; didactic; preachy
male-smelling; smelling like a man
to go to prison; to serve a prison term; (lit.) to eat foul-smelling food
to go to prison; to serve a prison term; (lit.) to eat foul-smelling food
overly pious; sanctimonious; priestly; monkish
otherworldly; sanctimonious
warm (esp. from the fever of a sick person); hot; stuffy
smelling of (stale) liquor
it's hard to notice one's own faults; (lit.) one does not notice one's own body odour
smelling of dust; dusty-smelling; dusty
flies are attracted to foul smells; ruffians flock together
old; old-smelling; stale
smelling of dust; dusty-smelling; dusty
smelling of blood
Examples (9 in total)
It stinks.
Are you saying I smell bad?
This towel is smelly.