Vocabulary

shady

(あや)しい

B2 · Upper-intermediate Uncommon

Samraworld Dictionary

(1) Adjective
Actions that have questionable merit.  Suspicious, unreliable, questionable, or secret actions that may be illegal.  Shady character, shady business dealings.
(うたが)わしい特徴(とくちょう)があるアクション。違法(いほう)である可能(かのう)(せい)のある(うたが)わしい、信頼(しんらい)できない、不審(ふしん)な、または秘密(ひみつ)行動(こうどう)(あや)しい性格(せいかく)、いかがわしい(しょう)取引(とりひき)

Examples

  1. His company has been making shady deals with foreign governments for years.