面めん妖よう

na-adjective, noun

weird; strange; mysterious

Rare, literary word for something eerie, uncanny, or inexplicably odd. Not used in everyday conversation; modern equivalents include 不思議な or 奇妙な.

• その古ふるい屋や敷しきには面めん妖ような噂うわさが絶たえない。

  Weird rumors never cease about that old mansion.

• 彼かれの話はなしはどうも面めん妖ようで、にわかには信しんじがたい。

  His story is somehow mysterious and hard to believe right away.