Illustration: A caretaker pauses halfway along the narrow corridor of an old apartment building after dusk. At the far end, a child-sized doll sits upright on a discarded chair, its glass eyes aimed toward the approaching caretaker.

JLPT N2na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

不ぶ気き味み

bukimi

eerie, creepy

Example sentences

  1. とても不気味ぶきみだと思おもった。

    I thought that was really weird.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 急きゅうに笑わらい出ださないでよ。不気味ぶきみだから。

    Don’t burst out laughing like that. It’s creepy.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. ところどころ叫さけび声ごえのような、うめき声ごえのような効果音こうかおんが挿入そうにゅうされていることも、不気味ぶきみで気持きもち悪わるかった。

    The scattered use of sound effects resembling wailing and groaning creates an eerie, uncomfortable sensation.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 不気味

  • 不negative; non-Onフ・ブ
  • 気spirit; mindOnキ・ケKunいき・き
  • 味flavor; tasteOnミKunあじ・あじわう

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