不気味

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不 気 味
ぶ
Grade: 4
き
Grade: 1
み
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
不氣味 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From 不(ぶ) (bu, “bad”) + 気味(きみ) (kimi, “sensation, feeling”).

Adjective

不(ぶ)気(き)味(み) • (bukimi) -na (adnominal 不(ぶ)気(き)味(み)な (bukimi na), adverbial 不(ぶ)気(き)味(み)に (bukimi ni))

  1. uncanny, ominous

Inflection

Derived terms

References

  • 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
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