猜さい疑ぎ心しん

noun

suspicion; distrust; jealousy

A deep-seated tendency to suspect others' motives; often used in psychological or literary contexts. 猜疑心が強い is a common collocation.

• 彼かれは猜さい疑ぎ心しんが強つよくて、なかなか人ひとを信しん用ようしない。

  He is very suspicious and doesn't trust people easily.

• 猜さい疑ぎ心しんから、友ゆう人じんの言こと葉ばを素す直なおに受うけ取とれなかった。

  Out of suspicion, I couldn't take my friend's words at face value.