くさ
Meanings
Adjective (い)
1. stinking; smelly
2. suspicious; fishy
3. clumsy; unskilled
Adjective (い)
Suffix
4. smelling of
5. looking like; appearing like; smacking of; -ish
Pitch accent
Top 6200
Used in vocabulary (87 in total)
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
embarrassing; awkward
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
slow; clumsy; stupid; irritating
contrived; false-sounding
human-like; quite human
troublesome; pain in the butt
shabby; mean; sorry; dingy
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
slow; clumsy; stupid; irritating
slow; clumsy; stupid; irritating
embarrassing; awkward
ridiculous; stupid; foolish; absurd; laughable
stingy; mean; narrow-minded; petty; shabby; poor
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
in the manner of an old person; like that of an old person; fusty; old-fashioned; fogyish
preachy; sanctimonious
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
slow; clumsy; stupid; irritating
contrived; false-sounding
stingy; mean; narrow-minded; petty; shabby; poor
smelling burnt; tasting burnt; having a burnt smell
contrived; false-sounding
old-maidish (esp. of fashion); old-womanish
fishy; dubious; questionable; false-looking
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
old-mannish
old-mannish
slow; clumsy; stupid; irritating
smelling burnt; tasting burnt; having a burnt smell
ridiculous; stupid; foolish; absurd; laughable
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
Western-influenced; occidental-looking; exotic; (lit.) smelling of butter
troublesome; pain in the butt
old-mannish
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
old-maidish (esp. of fashion); old-womanish
fishy; dubious; questionable; false-looking
overly pious; sanctimonious; priestly; monkish
reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol
smelling of mud or earth; unrefined; uncouth
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
overly concerned with domestic affairs; having an air of domesticity
foolish; stupid
smell(ing) of sweat
smelling of the sea; smelling of the seashore
having the smell of having been dried in the sun; provincial; rural; unrefined
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
dismal; gloomy
green; wet behind the ears; immature; (lit.) smelling of milk
otherworldly; sanctimonious
human-like; quite human
shabby; mean; sorry; dingy
smelling of men; reeking of male body odor; manly; macho
having bad breath; having halitosis
metallic tasting
smelling of face powder; coquettish; resembling the atmosphere of nightlife business
smelling of rotten food and drink
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
in the manner of an old person; like that of an old person; fusty; old-fashioned; fogyish
preachy; sanctimonious
ridiculous; stupid; foolish; absurd; laughable
impertinent; impudent; cheeky
smelling of earth; rustic
old-maidish (esp. of fashion); old-womanish
stinking of urine; childish; immature; inexperienced
smelling of incense; overly pious
smelling of woman; womanly; feminine
prudent-looking
to go to prison; to serve a prison term; (lit.) to eat foul-smelling food
to go to prison; to serve a prison term; (lit.) to eat foul-smelling food
overly pious; sanctimonious; priestly; monkish
looking the other way; hushing up a problem
it's hard to notice one's own faults; (lit.) one does not notice one's own body odour
warm (esp. from the fever of a sick person); hot; stuffy
smelling of (stale) liquor
flies are attracted to foul smells; ruffians flock together
smelling of blood
Examples (9 in total)
It stinks.
Are you saying I smell bad?
This towel is smelly.