狂い

くるい

Meanings

1. Noun madness; insanity
2. irregularity; deviation; being out of order
3. Noun suffix, Noun fanaticism; fanatic; enthusiast; nut (usu. pronounced ぐるい as a suffix)

Kanji

• 狂 mad. Read as くるう.

Example sentences

• 測定には寸分の狂いもない精度が要求される。
  Flawless precision is required in the measurements.
• 彼の目に狂いはない。
  He has an unerring eye.

Words containing 狂い

• 物狂い (ものぐるい) insanity
• 狂い咲き (くるいざき) off-season flowering
• 女狂い (おんなぐるい) infatuation (with a woman)

And 9 more.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists