怪(あや)しい

あやしい
i-adjective
suspicious; dubious; uncertain
descriptive
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present怪(あや)しい怪(あや)しくない
Past怪(あや)しかった怪(あや)しくなかった
て form怪(あや)しくて怪(あや)しくなくて
Adverbial怪(あや)しく—
Conditional ば怪(あや)しければ怪(あや)しくなければ
Conditional たら怪(あや)しかったら怪(あや)しくなかったら
1. suspicious, shady
Describes a person or thing that seems untrustworthy or potentially dangerous.
怪(あや)しい人(ひと)がいる。
There's a suspicious person.
That man's behavior is suspicious.
I heard a suspicious sound on the dark street at night.
2. dubious, uncertain, unreliable
Describes something of questionable quality, accuracy, or likelihood.
天気(てんき)が怪(あや)しい。
The weather looks iffy.
I think that story is dubious.
His Japanese is shaky, but he's trying hard to speak.

Forms: 怪(あや)しく (adverbial), 怪(あや)しさ (noun form).

Sense 1 covers people, behavior, and situations that arouse suspicion. Sense 2 covers things that are unreliable or of questionable quality — often used for weather, skills, or claims.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 疑(うたが)わしい: doubtful; a reasoned doubt about truth or likelihood, without the sense that something is creepy or off that 怪(あや)しい has