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訝しい (ibukashii) Japanese meaning: suspicious | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Conjugation 訝しい · i-adjective
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 訝いぶか しい 訝いぶか しくない Polite 訝いぶか しいです 訝いぶか しくないです also 訝いぶか しくありません Past polite 訝いぶか しかったです 訝いぶか しくなかったです also 訝いぶか しくありませんでした Past 訝いぶか しかった 訝いぶか しくなかった Te-form 訝いぶか しくて 訝いぶか しくなくて Adverbial 訝いぶか しく Conditional 訝いぶか しければ 訝いぶか しくなければ Tara conditional 訝いぶか しかったら 訝いぶか しくなかったら
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は
どこ
か
いぶかしい
点てん
が
ある
。
There is something suspicious about his explanation.
The story sounded too good to be true, so I felt suspicious.
Related words 怪あや しい 怪しい is more common and broader, covering suspicious, shady, unreliable, or questionable in a wider range of contexts. 訝しい is more specifically about a feeling of doubt or suspicion regarding the truth or correctness of something.
疑うたが わしい 疑わしい is closer to 'doubtful' or 'questionable' and often implies a more objective basis for doubt. 訝しい is more subjective, describing a personal sense that something is off.
Written forms 訝いぶか しい Usage 40%
Standard kanji spelling; the kanji 訝 is not a Jōyō kanji but is the conventional written form for this word.
いぶかしい Usage 60%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji is unfamiliar or the writer prefers a softer look.
Etymology Derived from the verb 訝る (いぶかる, 'to be suspicious') + the adjectival suffix しい. The kanji 訝 is a phono-semantic compound with 言 (speech) and 牙 (ga), originally meaning 'to question' or 'to doubt'.
