悪い感じがする (warui kanji ga suru) - It feels bad.
Grammar & Usage
How it works
This phrase literally translates to "a bad feeling does." 悪い (warui) is an i-adjective meaning 'bad'. 感じ (kanji) means 'feeling' or 'impression'. が (ga) is a subject particle, and する (suru) is a verb meaning 'to do' or 'to make', but here it functions to express having a feeling or sensation. It's used when one experiences a negative intuition or senses something is wrong.
Sample sentences
何か悪い感じがする。彼は嘘をついているのかもしれない。
I have a bad feeling. He might be lying.
この部屋、ちょっと悪い感じがするね。居心地が悪い。
This room gives me a bit of a bad feeling. It's uncomfortable.
朝からずっと胸騒ぎがして、悪い感じがする。
I've had a premonition all morning; I have a bad feeling.
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Example
何か悪い感じがする。彼は嘘をついているのかもしれない。
I have a bad feeling. He might be lying.
この部屋、ちょっと悪い感じがするね。居心地が悪い。
This room gives me a bit of a bad feeling. It's uncomfortable.
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