風変わり|ふうがわりfuugawari[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. na-adjective, nounstrange; odd; unusual; eccentric; peculiar
   その少年しょうねんにはどこか風変ふうがわりなところがあるように思おもわれる。↗

   There seems to be something peculiar about the boy.

• Synonym奇怪きかいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Suggests something bizarre and suspicious, as in 「奇怪な事件」; eerier than 「風変わり」.
• Synonym妙みょうNeutralCovers strange or not-quite-right things like 「妙な音」; also has a separate sense of skillful or clever.
• Synonym変へんNeutralThe most general word for strange or abnormal, as in 「変な人」; carries a negative tinge.
• Synonym変わったかわったNeutralMeans unusual or different, used before nouns as in 「変わった趣味」; very close to 「風変わり」.
• Synonym奇妙きみょうNeutralFor the strange and inexplicable, as in 「奇妙な体験」; stresses that something is hard to understand.
• Synonym異様いようWrittenWritten/formal prose for an eerie, out-of-the-ordinary look, as in 「異様な雰囲気」; carries an unsettling feel.
• Synonym珍妙ちんみょうNeutralOdd in a laughable way, as in 「珍妙な格好」; adds a comic flavor.
• Synonym怪奇かいきWrittenWritten/formal prose for the weird and mysterious; common in horror contexts like 「怪奇小説」.
• Synonym奇異きいWrittenWritten/formal prose for strangeness, as in 「奇異に感じる」; a fairly objective description.
• SynonymエキセントリックNeutralLoanword for people who are eccentric or cranky and behave oddly; more extreme than 「風変わり」.
• Synonym奇抜きばつNeutralFor strikingly unconventional things like 「奇抜なデザイン」; more eye-catching than 「風変わり」.
• Synonym異色いしょくWrittenWritten/formal prose for being distinctive or unlike the usual type, as in 「異色の経歴」; mostly for careers and works.
• SynonymへんてこCasualColloquial for weird or odd in a slightly comical, teasing way; 「風変わり」 is plainer, simply noting that someone differs from the norm.
• Synonym奇態きたいWrittenWritten/formal prose meaning quaint or curious; rarely used, but close in sense to 「風変わり」.
• Synonym奇々怪々ききかいかいWrittenA written four-character compound for something extremely bizarre; stronger and more emphatic than 「風変わり」.
• SynonymへんてこりんCasualColloquial for looking odd or weird in a comical way; an emphatic form of 「へんてこ」.
• SynonymけったいCasualKansai dialect, colloquial, for something weird or baffling.
• Synonym突飛とっぴNeutralFor ideas that are startlingly unconventional or fanciful, as in 「突飛な発想」.
• Synonym妙ちきりんみょうちきりんCasualColloquial for weird in a way you can't quite explain, with a comic touch.
• Synonym一風変わったいっぷうかわったNeutralMeans just a bit different, with a light tone; very close to 「風変わり」.
• SynonymへんちくりんCasualColloquial for something oddly weird, with a comical feel.
• Antonym普通ふつうNeutralOrdinary or normal — the direct opposite of 「風変わり」's distinctiveness.
• Antonym平凡へいぼんNeutralPlain and unremarkable, even mediocre; the opposite of 「風変わり」.

Everyday 'strange' is 「変」 or 「変わった」. 「風変わり」 describes people or looks that differ from the norm, as in 「風変わりな人」. For the eerie or bizarre pick 「奇妙」 or 「奇怪」; for comical oddness 「変てこ」 or 「珍妙」; for unconventional ideas 「突飛」 or 「奇抜」. The opposites are 「普通」 and 「平凡」.

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