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可笑しい

奇怪しい

Reading

Kana: おかしい
Romaji: okashii
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

funny; amusing; comical; laughable; ridiculous

Note: word usually written using kana alone
2

strange; odd; funny; peculiar; weird; unusual; eccentric

Note: word usually written using kana alone
3

improper; unsuitable; unbecoming

Note: word usually written using kana alone
4

suspicious

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

Readings: カ、 コク、 -べ.き、 -べ.し
Meanings: can, passable, mustn't, should not, do not
Readings: ショウ、 わら.う、 え.む
Meaning: laugh
Readings: キ、 く.しき、 あや.しい、 くし、 めずら.しい
Meanings: strange, strangeness, curiosity
Readings: カイ、 ケ、 あや.しい、 あや.しむ
Meanings: suspicious, mystery, apparition

Example Sentences

おかしくない?
➥Do I look OK?
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おかしいんじゃない?
➥Are you crazy?
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おかしくない。変更(へんこう)した。
➥No, I changed it.
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(かれ)(はなし)はおかしい。
➥His story sounds strange.
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多少(たしょう)、あいつおかしいぜ。
➥More or less, he is crazy.
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その冗談(じょうだん)はおかしくない。
➥That joke isn't funny.
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