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Meaning of 疑心暗鬼(ぎしんあんき) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 疑心暗鬼

Kana Reading ぎしんあんき

Romaji gishin'anki

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Meaning

Suspicion will raise bogies; Once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious

Examples of 疑心暗鬼, ぎしんあんき in a sentence

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.

Related Kanji

鬼 JLPT 1

10 strokes

ghost, devil

On'Yomi: キ

Kun'Yomi: おに, おに-

暗 JLPT 4

13 strokes

darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded

On'Yomi: アン

Kun'Yomi: くら.い, くら.む, くれ.る

疑 JLPT 3

14 strokes

doubt, distrust, be suspicious, question

On'Yomi: ギ

Kun'Yomi: うたが.う

心 JLPT 4

4 strokes

heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)

On'Yomi: シン

Kun'Yomi: こころ, -ごころ