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50 word matches found for '臭' using reading 'くさ'
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Most common form: めんどくさい
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: 水くさい
1. stand-offish; distant; not frank; reserved
2. watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
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stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite
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Most common form: きな臭い
1. burning or scorched smell
2. imminent military action
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Most common form: 心気臭い
irritating (e.g. tone of voice); fretful; boring (e.g. work); tedious (chore, person); depressing; dark (e.g. story)  (regional dialect: Kansai-ben)
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Most common form: 面倒くさがり
noun
tending to find things bothersome; person who tends to find most things bothersome  (often written with kana only)
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metallic tasting
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1. smelling of woman
2. womanly; feminine
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suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
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Most common form: 嘘くさい
contrived; false-sounding
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fogyish; fusty
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1. smelling of men; reeking of male body odor
2. manly; macho
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smell(ing) of sweat
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Most common form: 照れくさい
embarrassing; awkward
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overly pious; sanctimonious; priestly; monkish
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shabby; mean; sorry; dingy
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warm (esp. from the fever of a sick person); hot; stuffy
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noun
chemical smell
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slow; stupid; irritating  (often written with kana only)
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1. smelling of mold; musty; putrid
2. old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed; worn-out  (see also: 古臭い)
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expression, 'i' adjective
troublesome; pain in the butt
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mean; stingy
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Most common form: 田舎くさい
cornball; rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick
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smelling of mud or earth; unrefined; uncouth
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1. inexperienced; immature
2. grassy-smelling
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smelling of blood  (archaic)
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otherwordly; sanctimonious
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1. stinking of urine
2. childish; immature; inexperienced
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Most common form: 饐え臭い
smelling of rotten food and drink  (obscure term)
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