Illustration: In a Japanese apartment kitchen, a young adult opens a forgotten food container retrieved from the back of the refrigerator. Inside, a cucumber has collapsed into a slippery mass with fuzzy mold and a strand of slime stretching to the lifted lid.

JLPT N4i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

気き持もち悪わるい

kimochiwarui

gross, creepy, unpleasant

Example sentences

  1. 部屋へやにごみが散ちらかって気持きもち悪わるい。

    This room is disgusting with rubbish in every corner.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. なんかそれ、ブヨブヨしていて気持きもち悪わるいね。

    Oooh, sick! What is that stuff? It’s all spongy.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたしの顔かおに誰だれかの息いきがかかって、気持きもち悪わるいわ。

    Somebody’s breathing on my face. It’s disgusting.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 気持悪

  • 気spirit; mindOnキ・ケKunいき・き
  • 持hold; haveOnジKunもつ・もてる
  • 悪bad; viceOnアク・オKunわるい・わる-・あし

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