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薄気味悪い (うすきみわるい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
i-adjective
eerie ; uncanny ; creepy
Describes a vague, unsettling feeling that something is off or creepy, often without a clear reason. Stronger than 気味悪い, with 薄 adding a sense of something faintly but persistently disturbing.
夜よる の 森もり は 薄うす 気き 味み 悪わる く て 、 一人ひとり で は 歩ある け ない 。
The forest at night is so creepy I can't walk through it alone.
Written forms 薄うす 気き 味み 悪わる い
薄うす 気き 味み わるい
Variant spelling with わるい in kana; less common but seen.
Kanji 薄 dilute, thin, weak (tea) Similar words 気き 味み 悪わる い 気味悪い is a more direct 'creepy' or 'gross' feeling, while 薄気味悪い adds a nuance of something faintly, vaguely, or persistently unsettling.
Etymology Compound of 薄 (usu-, 'faintly') + 気味 (kimi, 'feeling/sensation') + 悪い (warui, 'bad'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used since at least the Edo period to describe an indistinct, unpleasant feeling.
