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気色悪い (きしょくわるい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

気き色しょく悪わるい

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Meanings

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i-adjective

weird; disgusting; sickening

Describes something that gives an unpleasant, creepy, or gross feeling. Often used for things that are physically or psychologically off-putting.

その虫むしは気き色しょく悪わるい。
That bug is disgusting.
彼かれの笑わらい方かたが気き

色しょく

悪わる

い

。

His way of laughing is creepy.

Kanji

気spirit, mind, air
色color
悪bad, vice, rascal

Similar words

気き持もち悪わるい
More common and broader; can refer to physical nausea or a general bad feeling. 気色悪い emphasizes a creepy or gross quality.
不ぶ気き味み
Focuses on eeriness or spookiness, often with a supernatural or ominous nuance, while 気色悪い is more about visceral disgust.

Etymology

Compound of 気色 (きしょく, 'feeling, mood') and 悪い (わるい, 'bad'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally yields the sense of something that feels unpleasant or off.