How to say strange in Japanese

JLPTN4
変☆【へんhen】變old Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; queer; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy
  • unexpected
  • change
  • incident; disturbance; disaster; accident

prefix noun:

Example Sentences

彼kareはha時々tokidoki変henですdesu。
He's strange sometimes.
私watashiはhaいつもitsumo不思議なfushigina性格seikakuのno方houがga好きsukiだったdatta。
I always liked strange personalities.
そうですsoudesu、異常ijou音onはha空冷ファンkuureiFUANのno最後saigoのno断末魔danmatsumaだったdattaのですnodesu。
That's right, that strange sound was the final death scream of the cooling fan.
私watashiはhaもっとmotto敵tekiのno抵抗teikouがgaあるaruとto踏んでた踏ndetaんだndaけどkedo、むしろmushiro中枢chuusuuにni進むsusumuほどhodo敵tekiがga減ってhetteきてるkiteru・・・。おかしいokashiiとto思わないomowanaiかしらkashira？
I had expected stronger resistance from the enemy but if anything there are less of them as we advance to the centre... Don't you think that's strange?
戦場senjouにni赴くomomukuカメラマンKAMERAMANがga不発弾fuhatsudanのno危険性kikenseiをwo知らないshiranaiのnoはha不思議fushigiだda、新聞社shinbunshaはha教育kyouikuをwo怠ってるokotatteru。
It is strange that a cameraman heading for a war-zone should not know about the danger of unexploded shells. The newspaper company is being negligent in its training.

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