Usage patterns 奇き 怪かい な 〈 事こと 〉 a bizarre incident or affair
A bizarre incident occurred in the town.
奇き 怪かい な 〈 物もの 〉 a strange, unsettling thing (sound, sight, etc.)
I heard a strange, unsettling noise in the middle of the night.
〈 事こと 〉 を 奇き 怪かい に 思おも う to find something suspiciously strange
I found his behavior suspiciously strange.
Kanji 奇 strange, strangeness, curiosity 怪 suspicious, mystery, apparition Related words· 6 奇妙 is a more neutral word for something curious or odd, while 奇怪 carries a stronger sense of unease or suspicion.
不思議 describes something mysterious or wondrous without a negative feel, whereas 奇怪 suggests something eerie or unsettling.
異様 focuses on an abnormal, unnatural appearance, while 奇怪 emphasizes that something is baffling or suspicious in nature or behavior.
奇怪 emphasizes mysterious, eerie strangeness, whereas グロテスク stresses a disturbing, physically distorted quality.
Show 2 more Show fewer 奇怪 stresses eerie mysteriousness or suspicious weirdness, while 異形 focuses specifically on an abnormal physical shape or appearance.
奇怪 emphasizes something eerie or bizarre almost to the point of being unsettling, whereas 奇 is a milder, more general term for strangeness.
Don't confuse with 怪奇 and 奇怪 share the same two kanji reversed and both mean 'bizarre', but 怪奇 is used mainly as a noun modifier in set phrases like 怪奇現象 , while 奇怪 is the general adjective for 'strange/suspicious'.
奇怪 shares the kanji 奇 with 奇妙 but carries a stronger, more sinister or eerie nuance than the merely curious oddness of 奇妙 .
Etymology Compound of 奇 (ki, 'strange') and 怪 (kai, 'suspicious'). The geminate variant きっかい likely arose for emphasis.
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