疑心暗鬼

Reading

Kana: ぎしんあんき
Romaji: gishin'anki
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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Suspicion will raise bogies; Once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; Jumping at shadows

Note: abbreviation; yojijukugo
See also: 疑心暗鬼を生ず

Kanji

Readings: ギ、 うたが.う
Meanings: doubt, distrust, be suspicious, question
Readings: シン、 こころ、 -ごころ
Meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
Readings: アン、 くら.い、 くら.む、 くれ.る
Meanings: darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded
Readings: キ、 おに、 おに-
Meanings: ghost, devil

Example Sentence

(かれ)は、だまされてばかりいて、疑心暗鬼(ぎしんあんき)になっている。
➥He has a lot of fear and doubt because people are always fooling him.
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