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1

（＝胡散｛うさん｝な）suspicious （person or behaviour）; ugly （look or conduct）

用例

• （無職業でぜいたくをしている）あやしい人物だ
  He is a suspicious character.

• あやしい男が家の廻りを徘徊している
  A suspicious fellow is prowling about the house.
• あの男は挙動があやしいから注意しろ
  Keep an eye on that man: his movements are suspicious.
• あの家にはあやしい外人が出没する
  That house is frequented by a suspicious foreigner.
• ある日のことあやしい船が沖合いに現れた
  One day a suspicious-looking craft appeared in the offing.
• （彼がその金を取ったとすると）行動があやしい
  His conduct looks ugly
  His conduct has an ugly look
  Appearances are against him.
• 男女二人が同席しているところを見つかったとするとあやしい
  If the two were found together, it looks ugly―appearances are against them.
• 人をあやしいと思う
  to suspect a person
• なるほどあやしいと思われるのもごもっともだが身に覚えはありません
  You have good reason to suspect us,―It is true appearances are against us,―but we are innocent.
• （菓子を食ったのは）君じゃないか、あやしいぜ
  Are you not the man? It looks like you
  Appearances are against you.
• （相手が裏切などしやしないか）こいつあやしいと思った（勘づいた、けどった）
  I suspected treachery―smoked foul play―smelled a rat.
• それでは僕があやしいとおっしゃるのですか
  Do you mean to say that I am suspicious?―that you suspect me?―that you think me guilty?
• 二人はあやしい仲だ
  They have suspicious relations with each other.
• 彼は女将とあやしい
  He has suspicious relations with the landlady.
• （近頃よく物が無くなるが）どうもあの男があやしいと思われる
  I have reason to suspect that man―have every reason to suspect him.
• （あの人につき悪い評判があるが）煙あれば火ありで、何だかあやしい
  Matters look suspicious
  Things look ugly. There is no smoke without fire, you know.

2

（＝如何わしき、いかさまな）questionable （transaction）; dubious （business）; underhand （doings）

用例

• （素性のわからない）あやしい人物だ
  He is a questionable character.

• あの男が怪しい取引に関係するのは常だ
  He is always mixed up in questionable dealings―dubious transactions―shady transactions―loose transactions―underhand transactions―hole-and-corner transactions.
• よくあやしい会社を起こす
  He is a promoter of questionable companies―bogus companies.
• 彼はよくあやしい者（芸者か何か）を連れて箱根や日光へ行く
  He often goes to Hakone or Nikko in questionable company―in dubious company.
• 彼は（詐欺と言ってもよいような）あやしい手段を用いる
  He resorts to questionable means―dubious means―bordering on fraud.
• あれはあやしい儲けでこしらえた身代だ
  He has built up his fortune by questionable gains―by dubious gains.

3

（＝信じ難き）incredible, doubtful （story, etc.）

用例

• （金を落としたとは）あやしい話だ
  It is an incredible story
  It is a doubtful story
  His story won't wash.

• （今にも降り出しそうな）あやしい空
  It is doubtful weather―threatening weather―The sky looks threatening.
• 彼は成功はあやしいものだ
  His success is doubtful
  It is doubtful if he will succeed
  It is a question whether he will succeed or not.

4

（＝信頼し難き）unreliable, untrustworthy （promise, etc.）

用例

• あの人の英語はあやしいもんだ
  His English is not to be trusted
  He is no English scholar.

• 僕の法律はあやしいもんだ
  I am no lawyer.
• あの人の約束はあやしいもんだ
  His promises are not to be relied upon
  He is no man of his word.

5

（＝不思議な）wonderful （event）; mysterious （fate）; portentous （signs）; weird （tale）; unearthly （look）; uncanny （voice in the air, etc.）

用例

• 近頃はよくあやしい事がある
  There have been many portents―signs and wonders―of late.

• ああらあやしやな
  O wonder of wonders!
  Heaven protect us!
  “Angels and ministers of grace defend us!”【イディオム・格言的】