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怪しい

あやしい

suspicious, dubious

Mnemonic

Something about the man will not add up and nobody in the room can say which part. Aye あや, she しい said, and left it at that: あやしい.

Worth knowing

おかしい is odd in a way that might yet turn out funny. 怪しい puts the weight on the suspicion.

Built from

strange, suspicious
忄 a heart on the left that has caught hold of something it cannot account for.

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