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JLPT N3i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

臭くさい

kusai

smelly, stinking

Example sentences

  1. 納豆なっとうはくさいが、美味うまい。

    Although natto smells awful, it is delicious.

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  2. 「汗あせでびしょ濡ぬれだよ」「離はなれてっ。臭くさいわっ！」

    "I’m soaked with sweat." "Step back. You stink!"

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 君きみは息いきが臭くさい。

    You have foul breath.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 臭

  • 臭stinking; ill-smellingOnシュウKunくさい・におう・におい

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