| Kanji | 臭い |
| Reading | くさい |
| Romaji | kusai |
| Meaning | smelly; stinky |
| Part of Speech | i-adjective |
| JLPT Level | JLPT N4 |
このゴミは臭いです。
Kono gomi wa kusai desu.
This garbage is smelly.
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臭い (くさい, kusai) means "smelly; stinky" in Japanese. It is a JLPT N4 vocabulary word.
臭い is pronounced "kusai" in Japanese. The hiragana reading is くさい.
臭い is a JLPT N4 word. JLPT N4 is the elementary level with ~1,500 words.