Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 奇異(きい) in Japanese

奇異
Kana Reading
きい
Romaji
kii
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    odd; strange; wonderful
    Example sentence
    岩が風化して奇異な形になる。 The rocks are weathered into fantastic forms.

Examples of 奇異, きい in a sentence

Kanji in this word

奇 JLPT 1

8 strokes

strange, strangeness, curiosity

On'Yomi: キ

Kun'Yomi: く.しき, あや.しい, くし, めずら.しい

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異 JLPT 2

11 strokes

uncommon, queerness, strangeness, wonderful, curious, unusual

On'Yomi: イ

Kun'Yomi: こと, こと.なる, け

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