臭い

臭い (-i inflection, hiragana くさい, rōmaji kusai)

1. stinking, smelly, pungent; giving off a bad smell
2. suspicious, fishy; arousing suspicion

• (suspicious): 胡散臭 (うさんくさ)い (usankusai)

• 腐 (くさ)る (kusaru)

臭い (hiragana におい, rōmaji nioi, historical hiragana にほひ)

1. odor, scent, smell, whiff, stench
2. aura
3. sense
4. flavor
5. smacks of

• More often written as 匂い.

臭い (hiragana くさい, rōmaji -kusai)

1. smells like; reeks of
2. (negatively) very much like; conceptually similar to

   ジジ臭 (くさ)い

   jiji-kusai

   like an old man

3. (with a quasi-adjective stem) an intensifier

   面 (めん)倒 (どう)臭 (くさ)い

   mendō-kusai

   a hassle

Forms an adjective.