怪

Meaning

怪 centers on something that feels off or unexplained: suspicious, mysterious, or ghostly. It covers the unease of doubt, the pull of the unknown, and eerie apparitions.

• 怪かい

  mystery; wonder

• 怪我けが
  N5

  injury; wound

• 怪しいあやしい
  N3

  suspicious; dubious; questionable; dodgy; shady; fishy

• 妖怪ようかい

  ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon; monster; goblin; yōkai

• 怪獣かいじゅう
  N1

  monster

• 怪物かいぶつ

  monster

• 怪談かいだん

  ghost story; tale of the supernatural

• 怪盗かいとう

  mysterious thief; phantom thief

• 怪人かいじん

  mysterious person

• 怪奇かいき
  N1

  bizarre; strange; weird; mysterious

• 怪しからんけしからん

  outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude; unreasonable

• 怪しげあやしげ

  questionable; doubtful; suspicious

• 奇怪きかい

  strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious

• 怪力かいりき

  superhuman strength

• 怪異かいい

  mystery; curiosity; strangeness; monstrosity

• 怪文書かいぶんしょ

  dubious document; anonymous document containing defamatory statements

• 怪しむあやしむ
  N2

  to suspect

• 怪訝けげん

  puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious

• 怪死かいし

  mysterious death

• 物の怪もののけ

  evil spirit; (vengeful) ghost; specter; spectre

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