Word details

怪異

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 怪異.

Dictionary

Entry

怪異いいNounFreq #17782
1

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

mystery; curiosity; strangeness; monstrosity

2

ghost; monster; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; goblin

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

suspicious, mystery, apparition

8 strokesFrequency 1,634JLPT N1Grade 8

On

カイ

Kun

あや.しいあや.しむ

uncommon, different, queerness, strangeness, wonderful, curious, unusual

11 strokesFrequency 631JLPT N2Grade 6

On

Kun

ことこと.なる

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