Japanese symbol for “scaring”
気味が悪い
きみがわるい
Romaji: kimigawarui
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps
In Japanese, scaring is 気味が悪い, read きみがわるい (kimigawarui).
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Meanings
- adj-i, exp creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “scaring”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 気味の悪い | きみのわるい kiminowarui | creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 気持ち | きもち kimochi | feeling; sensation; mood |
| 人気 | にんき ninki | popularity; public favor |
| 気分 | きぶん kibun | feeling; mood |
| 元気 | げんき genki | lively; full of spirit; energetic |
| 電気 | でんき denki | electricity |
| 雰囲気 | ふんいき fun'iki | atmosphere; mood; ambience |
| 意味 | いみ imi | meaning; significance; sense |
| 興味 | きょうみ kyoumi | interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for) |
| 最悪 | さいあく saiaku | worst |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.