(うたが)(ぶか)

うたがいぶかい
i-adjective
distrustful; skeptical; suspicious
descriptive
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present(うたが)(ぶか)(うたが)(ぶか)くない
Past(うたが)(ぶか)かった(うたが)(ぶか)くなかった
て form(うたが)(ぶか)くて(うたが)(ぶか)くなくて
Adverbial(うたが)(ぶか)
Conditional ば(うたが)(ぶか)ければ(うたが)(ぶか)くなければ
Conditional たら(うたが)(ぶか)かったら(うたが)(ぶか)くなかったら
1. distrustful; skeptical; suspicious; doubting
Describes a person who tends not to trust others or who is inclined to doubt what they are told. Formed from 疑い (doubt) + 深い (deep).
(かれ)(うたが)(ぶか)性格(せいかく)だ。
He has a distrustful personality.
(うたが)(ぶか)()こちら()ている
He's looking at us with suspicious eyes.
That person is so skeptical that they probably won't believe us easily.

Forms

Follows the productive ~(ぶか)い pattern meaning "deeply inclined toward ~": 用心(ようじん)(ぶか) (cautious), 信仰(しんこう)(ぶか)い (devout), 嫉妬(しっと)(ぶか)い (jealous).

Common collocations

  • (うたが)(ぶか)性格(せいかく) (a distrustful personality)
  • (うたが)(ぶか)() (suspicious eyes)
  • (うたが)(ぶか)(ひと) (a skeptical person)

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