How to say "queer" in Japanese

• 珍妙ちんみょうCommon
  na-adjective, nounQueer as 'odd' in a laughable, absurd way — the oddness amuses rather than unsettles. It is not the neutral choice for plain strangeness; think of an outlandish outfit or a ridiculous remark.
• 奇異きいCommon
  na-adjective, no-adjectiveQueer as 'strange, peculiar': oddness that departs markedly from the ordinary and can feel uncanny or bizarre. Use it when something genuinely strikes you as strange — a peculiar look, an inexplicable event.
  岩いわが風化ふうかして奇異きいな形かたちになる。↗

  The rocks are weathered into fantastic forms.
• 奇妙きみょうJLPT N3approx.Common
  na-adjective, nounThe neutral, all-purpose equivalent of queer as 'strange, odd', without comic or uncanny coloring. When you simply mean a sound, an event, or a remark is strange, this is the default.
  これはとても奇妙きみょうな手紙てがみです。↗

  This is a very strange letter.

For queer meaning odd or strange, 奇妙 is the neutral default, 奇異 stresses oddness that strikes you as bizarre or uncanny, and 珍妙 adds a laughable, absurd flavor; none of them translates queer as a sexual or gender identity.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 珍妙ちんみょうqueer
• 奇異きいodd
• 奇妙きみょうstrange
• クィアqueer (i.e. not heterosexual or not cisgender)
• きてれつvery strange
• けったいodd
• へんてこりんstrange
• 奇しきくしきstrange
• へんちくりんstrange
• 一風変わったいっぷうかわったeccentric
• 一種異様いっしゅいようeccentric
• いなげなstrange
• 乙おつstrange