Japanese Dictionary
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Meaning of 不気味 in Japanese
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不気味, 無気味
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Kana Readingぶきみ
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Romajibukimi
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
- Example sentence
- ひとの声に似た不気味な鳴き声、漆黒の羽、死肉を啄む姿などから、鴉は不幸に舞い降りる不吉な鳥として世界に知られています。 A creepy cry that sounds like a human voice, velvet black wings, the image of tearing into dead flesh; crows are known across the world as an ill-omened bird that flies down with ill-luck.
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Examples of 不気味, 無気味, ぶきみ in a sentence
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ひとの声に似た不気味な鳴き声、漆黒の羽、死肉を啄む姿などから、鴉は不幸に舞い降りる不吉な鳥として世界に知られています。
A creepy cry that sounds like a human voice, velvet black wings, the image of tearing into dead flesh; crows are known across the world as an ill-omened bird that flies down with ill-luck.
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The eerie silence struck terror into their hearts.
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He gave his sudden, goblin like grin.
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日本文化の文脈の中では当然と思われる微笑みも、外国人の間では、不気味な笑いとして多くの混乱を生み、また悪評が高い。
Our smile, which is understandable in the context of Japanese culture, sometimes causes a lot of confusion and is notorious among foreign people as a mysterious smile.
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沈黙を不気味に感じるアメリカ人は多く、会話中に沈黙が起こると、それを話し始めなければならない合図だと考える傾向がある。
Many Americans are uncomfortable with silence, and they tend to regard silence in a conversation as a signal that they need to start talking.
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The recent frequency of earthquakes makes us nervous.
Kanji in this word
12 strokes
nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not
On'Yomi: ム, ブ
Kun'Yomi: な.い