- Basic forms
- 怪しむ — suspect; doubt / base form
- 怪しみます — suspects; doubts / masu form
- 怪しんだ — suspected; doubted / ta form
- 怪しんで — suspecting … / te form
- 怪しまない — do not suspect / negative
- 怪しめば — if (one) suspects / conditional
- Common expressions
- 行動を怪しむ — suspect someone’s actions
- 態度を怪しむ — doubt someone’s attitude
- More
- 怪しんでいる — is suspecting / state
- 怪しまれる — be suspected
- 怪しまれないように — so as not to be suspected
怪しむ(あやしむ) is a godan transitive verb. It means to suspect or doubt something because it seems strange or unnatural, and is commonly used when judging people’s behavior or situations.
- 怪しい — suspicious; mysterious
- 怪しむ — to doubt; to find strange
- 妖怪 — ghost; monster; spirit
- 怪談 — ghost story
- 怪我 — injury; wound
The heart radical 忄 hints at emotion — feelings of wonder or unease. 怪 shows what happens when the heart senses something odd or supernatural.