NichiDict

生臭い

N1
なまぐさい
腥い生ぐさいなま臭い
[namagusai]
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Meanings

1.Adj-i

smelling of fish; fishy; smelling of blood; bloody

2.Adj-i

degenerate (of a monk); depraved; corrupt; fallen

3.Adj-i

worldly; mundane; secular; common; ordinary

4.Adj-i

fishy; suspicious; questionable

Examples

魚市場に入ると生臭い匂いが鼻を突いた。

A fishy smell hit my nose when I entered the fish market.

港の倉庫の中は魚の匂いで生臭かった

The inside of the warehouse at the harbor was fishy-smelling.

新鮮な刺身はそれほど生臭くない

Fresh sashimi doesn't smell that fishy.