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    3. 生臭い

    生臭い

    生なま臭ぐさい​

    smelling of fish

    N1KMT10News #39+1CoreAdjectiveFood & DiningKanji Vocab16 strokes

    腥い生ぐさいなま臭い

    なまぐさい

    Adjective

    1.
    smelling of fish, fishy, smelling of blood, bloody
    2.
    degenerate (of a monk), depraved, corrupt, fallen
    3.
    worldly, mundane, secular, common, ordinary
    4.
    fishy, suspicious, questionable

    Stroke 0 / 16

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    この魚さかなは少すこし生なま臭ぐさい。

    This fish smells a bit fishy.

    KMT8Food & Dining
    釣つったばかりの魚さかなは、まだ生なま臭ぐさい匂においがする。

    Freshly caught fish still has a fishy smell.

    KMT10Food & DiningNature & Environment
    彼かれは僧そう侶りょでありながら、生なま臭ぐさい世せ俗ぞくの欲よくにまみれていた。

    Although he was a monk, he was steeped in worldly desires.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyEmotions & Psychology
    魚さかなの生なま臭ぐささを取とるために、酒さけで洗あらうと良よい。

    To remove the fishy smell from fish, it's good to wash it with sake.

    KMT10Food & Dining
    その政せい治じ家かの発はつ言げんには、何なにか生ないま臭ぐさいものを感かんじた。

    I felt something fishy about that politician's statement.

    KMT10Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    生
    い.きる・い.かす・い.ける・う.まれる・うま.れる・う.まれ…(39)
    life・genuine・birth
    Kanji
    臭
    くさ.い・-くさ.い・にお.う・にお.い…(1)
    stinking・ill-smelling・suspicious looking・odor・savor…(5)
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
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