Word Meaning 胡散

うさん usan

胡散 is read as うさん (usan) and means suspicious.

Meaning

English

  1. suspicious

Reading

Kana

うさん

Romaji

usan

Writing Variants

  • 迂散 うさん usan

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

胡散臭い

うさんくさい

suspicious-looking

胡座

あぐら

sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)

胡座

こざ

sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)

胡桃

くるみ

walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)

胡麻

ごま

sesame (Sesamum indicum)

胡桃割り人形

くるみわりにんぎょう

The Nutcracker (ballet by Tchaikovsky)

拡散

かくさん

diffusion (of light, gas)

離散

りさん

discrete

閑散

かんさん

idle

衆議院解散

しゅうぎいんかいさん

dissolution of the lower house of parliament

標本分散

ひょうほんぶんさん

sample variance

衆院解散

しゅういんかいさん

dissolution of the lower house of parliament

Example Sentences

4

His story sounds strange.

That's an awfully fishy story.

She eyed the stranger suspiciously.

My husband tells me he goes to work even on Sundays and holidays but sometimes I suspect there's something fishy about his story.