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臭い くさい N3

  1. smelly; stinking
  2. fishy; suspicious
  3. cheesy; hammy (acting); over-the-top
  4. clumsy; unskilled
  5. (overly) gamey; strong-tasting
  6. smelling of
  7. -ish; appearing like; looking like; smacking of

臭いものに蓋 くさいものにふた

  1. hushing up a problem; looking the other way

臭いもの身知らず くさいものみしらず

  1. it's hard to notice one's own faults; one does not notice one's own body odour

臭い消し においけし

  1. deodorant

臭い物に蓋をする くさいものにふたをする

  1. to hush up a problem; to look the other way

臭い物に蝿がたかる くさいものにはえがたかる

  1. flies are attracted to foul smells; ruffians flock together

臭い玉 においだま

  1. tonsil stone; tonsillolith
  2. scent ball

臭い飯を食う くさいめしをくう

  1. to eat foul-smelling food; to go to prison; to serve a prison term

生臭い なまぐさい N1

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

古臭い ふるくさい

  1. antiquated; hackneyed; musty; obsolete; old fashioned; outdated; stale; trite
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