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不気味

無気味

Reading

Kana: ぶきみ
Romaji: bukimi
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Definition

1

weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

Kanji

Readings: フ、 ブ
Meanings: negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき
Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood
Readings: ミ、 あじ、 あじ.わう
Meanings: flavor, taste
Readings: ム、 ブ、 な.い
Meanings: nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not

Example Sentences

近頃(ちかごろ)地震(じしん)頻繁(ひんぱん)不気味(ぶきみ)だ。
➥The recent frequency of earthquakes makes us nervous.
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無気味(ぶきみ)(しず)けさが(かれ)らの心胆(しんたん)(かん)からしめた。
➥The eerie silence struck terror into their hearts.
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その夕方(ゆうがた)不気味(ぶきみ)沈黙(ちんもく)のうちにお(ちゃ)がすまされた。
➥That evening tea was partaken of in a grim silence.
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(きゅう)(わらだ)()さないでよ。不気味(ぶきみ)だから。
➥Don't burst out laughing like that. It's creepy.
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(かれ)はいつものように突然(とつぜん)不気味(ぶきみ)()みを()かべた。
➥He gave his sudden, goblin like grin.
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日本(にっぽん)文化(ぶんか)文脈(ぶんみゃく)(なか)では当然(とうぜん)(おも)われる()()みも、外国人(がいこくじん)()では、不気味(ぶきみ)(わら)いとして(おお)くの混乱(こんらん)()み、また悪評(あくひょう)(たか)い。
➥Our smile, which is understandable in the context of Japanese culture, sometimes causes a lot of confusion and is notorious among foreign people as a mysterious smile.
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