くさ (kusai)

odour,scent,smell,stench

  • JLPT N3
  • adjective
  • Pitch 2
  • #4122 most frequent
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Meaning

臭い (くさい, kusai) is a JLPT N3 adjective meaning “odour,scent,smell,stench”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

納豆なっとうくさい。

Natto stinks.

なんか臭くない?

Is it just me, or does something smell bad?

腐った魚の臭いがする。

It smells like rotten fish.

時代が時代なら、そんな服装も悪くはないのかもしれないが、今ではおよそ古臭い。

At the appropriate time, that sort of clothing would not have looked so bad, but now it is too old-fashioned looking.