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    3. 怪

    怪

    怪かい

    mystery

    KMT9News #28+1NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab8 strokes

    かい

    Noun

    1.
    mystery, wonder

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    その事じ件けんには多おおくの怪かいが残のこっている。

    Many mysteries remain in that incident.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれはその怪あやしい現げん象しょうに強つよい怪かいを感かんじた。

    He felt a strong sense of wonder (or mystery) about that strange phenomenon.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology
    子こ供どもたちは、夜よ空ぞらに輝かがやく星ほし々ぼしに怪かいの目めを向むけていた。

    The children looked at the stars shining in the night sky with eyes full of wonder.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyNature & Environment
    日に本ほんの昔むかし話ばなしには、人じん知ちを超こえた怪かいが登とう場じょうすることがよくある。

    In Japanese folktales, mysteries (or strange beings) beyond human comprehension often appear.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsLiterature
    古こだいいせきにはげんだいかが代くではかいめいできないおおくの遺かい跡がひには、現め代ら科れ学てでは解 明 できない多 くの怪 が秘 められている。

    Ancient ruins hold many mysteries that cannot be unraveled by modern science.

    KMT10HistoryScience & MathEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    怪
    あや.しい・あや.しむ…(2)
    suspicious・mystery・apparition
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