Word Meaning 白粉臭い

おしろいくさい oshiroikusai

白粉臭い is read as おしろいくさい (oshiroikusai) and means smelling of face powder.

Meaning

English

  1. smelling of face powder
  2. coquettish
  3. resembling the atmosphere of nightlife business

Reading

Kana

おしろいくさい

Romaji

oshiroikusai

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Rank 140408 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

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白粉

おしろい

(face) powder

白粉花

おしろいばな

marvel-of-Peru (Mirabilis jalapa)

白粉中毒

おしろいちゅうどく

lead poisoning (from old-fashioned white makeup powder)

白玉粉

しらたまこ

refined rice flour

白粉焼

おしろいやけ

damage to skin by ceruse

襟白粉

えりおしろい

white powder for use on the neck (e.g. by geisha)

水白粉

みずおしろい

liquid face-whitening makeup

粉白粉

こなおしろい

face powder

紅白粉

べにおしろい

makeup

白村江の戦い

はくそんこうのたたかい

Battle of Baekgang (663)

白い

しろい

white

白樺

しらかば

Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)