► 名詞
臭い [(2)におい] meaning: smell rank: 1
☆ 何か嫌な臭いがする ⇨ Something smells bad, reeks (☛ Bad smell)
☆ 魚の腐った臭い ⇨ The smell of rotten fish (☛ Bad smell)
► 形容詞
臭い [(2)くさい] meaning: smell rank: 1
☆ 彼は息が臭い ⇨ His breaths smell bad
☆ 彼は酒臭い ⇨ He smells alcohol
☆ 何、この臭い匂い？ ⇨ What is this stinky smell? (☛ Bad smells)
臭い [(2)くさい] [coll] meaning: suspect rank: 1
☆ あの二人はどうも臭い ⇨ Those two smell. Something is going on between them
☆ 刑事は彼が臭いと睨んでいる ⇨ The detective thinks he is suspicious, he must be the perpetrator
► 接尾辞
臭い [(2)くさい] meaning: resemble rank: 1
☆ 彼は年寄り臭い格好をしている ⇨ He is wearing old-man like clothes
☆ 貧乏臭い服 ⇨ Clothes that make you look poor
臭い [(2)くさい] meaning: seem rank: 1
☆ こんなものにお金を使うのはバカ臭い ⇨ It feels stupid to spend money for something like this
☆ 部屋の掃除をするのが面倒臭い ⇨ I just don’t feel like cleaning the room
臭い [(2)くさい] meaning: smell rank: 1
☆ なんか焦げ臭い ⇨ It smells like something is burning
☆ 更衣室は汗臭かった ⇨ The locker room smelled sweaty
More examples:
- なんか嫌な臭いがする ⇨ Something smells bad
- 強烈な臭い ⇨ Extremely strong odor, stench
- 鼻を突く臭い ⇨ Smell that stings your nostrils
- 彼女の態度は演技臭い ⇨ Her attitude smacks of acting
- 味は良いんだけどさ、臭いがきついんだよね ⇨ It tastes good, but it smells too strong
- あいつは今臭い飯を食っている ⇨ He is eating stinky rice now. He is in jail now
- 更衣室は汗臭い臭いが籠もっていた ⇨ The locker room was filled with sweaty smell
- 助けが必要だったら言ってくれれば良かったのに。水臭いな ⇨ If you had needed help you should’ve asked me. Don’t act like a stranger
- 服に臭いが染み付いた ⇨ The odor got stuck on the clothes
- 魚の生臭い臭い ⇨ Bad smell of (raw) fish
- 彼は爺臭い格好をしている ⇨ He dresses like an old man
- 彼は泥臭いブルースで有名だ ⇨ He is famous for his traditional, raw, unsophisticated, blues
- 戸を開けるとむっとする臭いがした ⇨ I opened the door and it smelled stuffy
- 臭いものに蓋 ⇨ Put a lid over smelly stuff
- この話は何かインチキ臭い ⇨ This deal kind of smells like a fraud, fishy