くさい

Etymology
From. First attested in the ' of 720 logographically as 臰, and in the ' of 794 as 久佐之. In turn, from. Cognate with and.

Adjective

 * 1) stinking, smelly, pungent; giving off a bad smell
 * 2) suspicious, fishy; arousing suspicion

Suffix

 * 1) smells like; reeks of
 * 2) (negatively) very much like; conceptually similar to
 * 3) (with a quasi-adjective stem) an intensifier
 * 1) (with a quasi-adjective stem) an intensifier
 * 1) (with a quasi-adjective stem) an intensifier
 * 1) (with a quasi-adjective stem) an intensifier

Usage notes
Forms an adjective.