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臭い is an exact match with one form of the following word:
臭い
BOOST
Reading : くさい   
1. stinking; smelly
2. suspicious; fishy
3. clumsy; unskilled
4. smelling of
5. looking like; appearing like; smacking of; -ish
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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臭い is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 4,000 (about 219,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1671 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 3639
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
にほんじん
日本人
なぜ
くさ
われる
のか
たいしゅう
体臭
こうしゅう
口臭
かがく
科学
title of book, album etc.
Why Are Japanese People Said to Stink? The Science of Body Odor and Bad Breath
このゴミ
ばこ
なま
ゴミ
いや
くさ
める

This trash can traps bad kitchen garbage odors.
あせ
びしょ
はな
れて
くさ
わっ
"I'm soaked with sweat.' "Step back. You stink!"
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くさい
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 37,000 (about 15,000,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 12772
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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シュウ   くさ foul-smelling   にお to smell (bad)   
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ジ   シ   みずか self   
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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