Word details
疑心暗鬼
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 疑心暗鬼.
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Entry
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Abbreviation
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
Examples
彼は、だまされてばかりいて、疑心暗鬼になっている。
He has a lot of fear and doubt because people are always fooling him.
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
疑
doubt, distrust, be suspicious, question
14 strokesFrequency 283JLPT N2Grade 6
On
ギ
Kun
うたが.う
心
heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
4 strokesFrequency 157JLPT N3Grade 2
On
シン
Kun
こころ-ごころ
暗
darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded
13 strokesFrequency 1,040JLPT N3Grade 3
On
アン
Kun
くら.いくら.むくれ.る
鬼
ghost, devil
10 strokesFrequency 1,557JLPT N1Grade 8
On
キ
Kun
おにおに-
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