Today’s Japanese phrase I’m introducing is うんこ臭い (unkokusai) which translates to poopy smell. I actually got this phrase from クレヨンしんちゃん (Crayon Shin-chan), the antagonist in Crayon Shin-chan: Unkokusai's Ambition ’s name was, you guessed it, unkokusai. If you are into anime and have never heard of Crayon Shin-chan, it is the best japanese children’s show ever. You follow Shin-chan, a dumb looking kid who’s basically always on point with whatever he says.
Anyway, so うんこ臭い (unkokusai) is composed of two different words うんこ (unko)(n) which is Japanese for poop and 臭い (kusai)(adj) which means smelly. When paired with different nouns 臭い(kusai) gives those nouns a bad smelling connotation to it.
So 足臭い (ashikusai) would mean stanky feet smell
And 花臭い (hanakusai) would mean rank smelling flower smell
So as you see 臭い (kusai) doesn’t just make it the smell of something, it makes it the awful smell of something. You probably wouldn’t use it for the new perfume you got, unless of course you have really poor taste.
It also has the connotation of annoying. For example:
面倒臭い (mendokusai), the catch phrase of your favorite Naruto strategist is composed of 面倒 (mendo)(n), a burdening task, chore, etc., and 臭い (kusai) which in this case doesn’t make it a smelly chore (like taking out the trash) but instead a pain in the ass.
Vocabulary Words:
日本語
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romanji
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meaning
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中文 pinyin
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chinese meaning
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うんこ
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n
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unko
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poop
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臭い（くさい）
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a
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kusai
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smelly
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chòu
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smelly
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足（あし）
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n
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ashi
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feet
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zú;jù
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foot;attain
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花（はな）
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n
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hana
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flower
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huā
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flower
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面倒（めんど）
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n
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mendo
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burdening task; chore
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miàn dào
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face fell
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More resources:
Wiktionary (The dictionary I mainly use)
I’m just a beginner japanese student, so if anything looks incorrect 教えて下さい。
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