Illustration: At a Japanese apartment kitchen sink, a resident has turned on the tap, but only a few drops fall from the spout while a thin jet shoots sideways from an unexpected joint.

JLPT N4i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

おかしい

okashii

strange, wrong

Example sentences

  1. 洗濯機せんたくきの調子ちょうしがどこかおかしい。

    Something is wrong with the washing machine.

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  2. 彼かれの話はなしはおかしい。

    His story sounds strange.

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  3. 何なにかおかしいと思おもいます。

    I feel that something is wrong.

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