adjective

  1. suspicious, dubious, questionable, dodgy, shady, fishy.
  2. doubtful, unsure, uncertain, unlikely, implausible.
  3. untrustworthy, unreliable, clumsy, awkward, shaky, poor.
  4. strange, weird, eerie, spooky, uncanny.
  5. ominous (e.g. weather), threatening, dangerous (e.g. financial situation), uncertain.
  6. suspicious (of a potential amorous relation).
  7. mysterious, bewitching, alluring, enticing, enchanting. Also 妖しい.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
怪しい あやしい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

suspicious, mystery, apparition
カイ あや.しい ケ (8th, N1)
heart, standing heart radical variant (no. 61)
シン こころ
holy, sacred
コツ クツ コチ
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)