Japanese Word Entry

忌まわしい

Kana:	いまわしい
Romaji:	imawashii
Definitions:	abhorrent, abominable, detestable, disgusting, horrid, repugnant ominous, inauspicious, unlucky

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Chinese characters used in this word

忌	mourning, abhor, detestable, death anniversary, jealous, envious, fear

Readings

Mandarin:	ㄐㄧˋ (jì)
Cantonese:	gei6
Japanese:	キ (ki) / い.む (imu)、い.み (imi)、い.まわしい (imawashii)
Korean:	기 (gi)
Vietnamese:	kị, kí

Variants

Semantic variant form:

誋