Meanings
Adjective (な)
Noun
1. wonderful; marvelous; strange; incredible; amazing; curious; miraculous; mysterious
Adverb
2. strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason; curiously
Kanji used
negative
think (that something is true)
deliberation
Pitch accent
しぎ
Top 700
Composed of
un-; non-; negative prefix
conjecture; guess
Used in vocabulary (12 in total)
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
seven wonders (of a particular area); total mystery; enigma; conundrum
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel
Examples (39 in total)
It was a strange night.
What a strange guy!
It was a strange affair.
Japan is a strange country.
I always wondered about that.
It is strange that you should fail.
I dreamed a strange dream.
This is really a very strange affair.
It is no wonder that she didn't want to go.
It is no wonder that he has succeeded.
Water is strange stuff.
It's strange that Ken doesn't agree with us.
I wondered why people were staring at me.
Such a strange thing is not likely to happen.
This place has a mysterious atmosphere.
How strange life is!
Strangely enough, I didn't feel any pain at all.
She looked around in wonder.
It is strange that he should have refused the offer.
Strangely, I seldom see her.
This sword has a strange history.
I always liked strange personalities.
I've always wondered what's the difference between rock and stone.
I get weirdly sleepy when I listen to this song.
I saw a strange moving object in the sky.
Everybody thought it was strange that he lived alone.
A mysterious legend has been handed down about this lake.
He met a mysterious man by chance while taking a walk.
It is strange that you should know nothing about her wedding.
He likes strange animals, things like snakes, for example.
I wonder why Tom turned down that job.
I met an old friend, and what was more strange, my former teacher.
They found a mysterious city in ruins in the desert.
Strange as it may seem, nobody was injured in the fire.
He sometimes makes me feel strange when we meet each other face to face.
It was a strange chance that we met there again.
Tom saw a car parked outside his house and wondered whose it was.
It isn't surprising that Africans may think of English as one of their continent's languages.
We all wondered why she had dumped such a nice man.