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怪しい is an exact match with one form of the following word:
怪しい
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Reading : あやしい   
1. suspicious; dubious; doubtful; dodgy; suspicious (referring to a potential amorous relation); dangerous (e.g. financial situation); ominous (e.g. weather); strange; shady; fishy  (this meaning is restricted to form 怪しい)
2. charming; bewitching; mysterious  (see also: いろっぽい)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 4 (among the 5,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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怪しい is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 21,000 (about 30,700,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1915 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 16349
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 33 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
そら
あや
しい
あめ

The sky looks ominous. I wonder if it will rain.
その
あや
しい
じょせい
女性
まじょ
魔女
かんが
えられた

The strange-looking woman was thought to be a witch.
かれ
あや
しい
おも

I am suspicious of him.
妖しい
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Reading : あやしい   
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 74,000 (about 4,100,000 results)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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あやしい
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 71,000 (about 4,520,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 33 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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カイ   ケ   skeptical   あやしい suspicious-looking, dubious   あやしむ to be skeptical, to doubt   
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heart
ground again
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
また again   
ヨウ    bewitching   あやしい suspicious-looking, dubious   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
calamity   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
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