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不気味、無気味 ぶきみ bukimi

JMdict entry #1491830

  1. adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly

Kanji in this word

negative, non-, bad
spirit, mind, air
flavor, taste

Example sentences

彼はいつものように突然不気味な笑みを浮かべた。
kare ha itsu mo no you ni totsuzen fu kimi na emi wo ukabe ta 。
He gave his sudden, goblin like grin.
日本文化の文脈の中では当然と思われる微笑みも、外国人の間では、不気味な笑いとして多くの混乱を生み、また悪評が高い。
nippon bunka no bunmyaku no naka de ha touzen to omowa reru hohoemi mo 、 gaikoku nin no aida de ha 、 fu kimi na warai to shi te ooku no konran wo umi 、 mata akuhyou ga takai 。
Our smile, which is understandable in the context of Japanese culture, sometimes causes a lot of confusion and is notorious among foreign people as a mysterious smile.
沈黙を不気味に感じるアメリカ人は多く、会話中に沈黙が起こると、それを話し始めなければならない合図だと考える傾向がある。
chinmoku wo fu kimi ni kanjiru amerika nin ha ooku 、 kaiwa chuu ni chinmoku ga okoru to 、 sore wo hanashi hajime nakere ba nara nai aizu da to kangaeru keikou ga aru 。
Many Americans are uncomfortable with silence, and they tend to regard silence in a conversation as a signal that they need to start talking.
近頃は地震が頻繁で不気味だ。
chikagoro ha jishin ga hinpan de fu kimi da 。
The recent frequency of earthquakes makes us nervous.
急に笑い出さないでよ。不気味だから。
kyuu ni warai dasa nai de yo 。 fu kimi da kara 。
Don't burst out laughing like that. It's creepy.
その夕方不気味な沈黙のうちにお茶がすまされた。
sono yuugata fu kimi na chinmoku no uchi ni o cha ga sumasa re ta 。
That evening tea was partaken of in a grim silence.

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