生なま臭ぐさい

i-adjective

smelling of fish; smelling of blood; fishy; bloody

Literal use for the raw, unpleasant smell of fish, meat, or blood. Common with におい, 手, 台所, 傷, and similar nouns.

• 魚さかなをさばいた後あと、手てが生なま臭ぐさい。

  After cleaning the fish, my hands smell fishy.

• 血ちのついた包ほう帯たいから生なま臭ぐさいにおいがした。

  A bloody, raw smell came from the bloodstained bandage.

i-adjective

depraved; corrupt; fallen

Critical use especially for a monk or religious person who is worldly, corrupt, or violates religious discipline. It often implies moral taint rather than just ordinary bad behavior.

• 戒かい律りつを破やぶって酒さけを飲のむ生なま臭ぐさい坊ぼう主ずとして知しられていた。

  He was known as a corrupt monk who broke the precepts and drank.

i-adjective

worldly; mundane; secular; common

Figurative use for matters tied to money, power, desire, or everyday worldly concerns, often with a slightly negative or unrefined tone.

• 会かい議ぎは理り想そう論ろんから、金かねと利り権けんの生なま臭ぐさい話はなしに移うつった。

  The meeting shifted from ideals to worldly talk about money and interests.

i-adjective

suspicious; questionable; fishy

Figurative sense for something that feels fishy, dubious, or morally unsavory. It overlaps with suspicion of hidden corruption rather than mere uncertainty.

• この儲もうけ話ばなしは、どうにも生なま臭ぐさい。

  This money-making scheme seems awfully fishy.