なま
生
ぐさ
臭
　
い

adjective

  1. smelling of fish, fishy, smelling of blood, bloody.
  2. degenerate (of a monk), depraved, corrupt, fallen.
  3. worldly, mundane, secular, common, ordinary.
  4. fishy, suspicious, questionable.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
なま
生
ぐさ
臭
　
い
 生臭い なまぐさい ✔
なまぐさ
腥
　
い
 腥い なまぐさい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

life, genuine, birth
セイ　い.きる　う.まれる (1st, N5)
stinking, ill-smelling, suspicious looking
くさ.い　にお.う　シュウ (9th, N1)
oneself
ジ　みずか.ら　おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
large, big
ダイ　おお-　た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)