木村：地下鉄サリン事件、横浜異臭事件、日本も危なくなりましたね。
加藤：本当に不気味な世の中になってしまいましたね。
Bukimi
Kimura: Chikatetsu sarin jiken, Yokohama ishuu jiken, Nihon mo abunaku narimashita ne.
Kato: Hontoo ni bukimi na yo no naka ni natte shimaimashita ne.
Kimura: First the sarin incident, then the Yokohama gas incident. Japan has become dangerous lately, hasn't it?
Kato: Yeah, ifs really becoming a bizarre world we live in.
Bukimi means weird, bizarre, creepy or disturbing.
Recently, Watashitachi no shinpen de bukimi na dekigoto ga okite iru (Disturbing things have been happening all around us); things which until now would have been unthinkable in Japan, which has long been known as a safe country.
When the gas incident occurred at Yokohama Station, there was a tremendous commotion amongst the foreign students at Yokohama National University, where I work, and a cluster of students gathered in front of the TV in the lobby and sat there glued to the screen. As one Chinese research student commented, Konna bukimi na koto ga tsuzuite okite, kowaku narimashita (With weird tilings like this happening one after another, it's getting scary).
How about yourself? Bukimi na keiken wo shita koto wa arimasen ka (Have you ever had a disturbing experience?). Getting silent phone calls in the middle of the night, for instance, or receiving anonymous threatening letters. One of my friends is currently in this unfortunate situation. She told me, Hannin ga wakarazu, bukimi de shikata arimasen (It's so creepy, not knowing who the culprit is).
She usually goes to work by car, but recently her tires were let down and the car's bodywork scratched. Worse, her daughter was accosted by a man late at night, after which Bukimi-na kyoohakujoo ga kita soo desu (I hear she got a disturbing blackmail letter) saying, "If you don't want your daughter to be attacked again, give up the job you're doing now." Her friends have urged her to go to the police, but I wonder how easy itwould be to catch such a criminal.
Kono kaisha ni kite konna bukimi na koto ga tsuzuku to, kaisha wo yametaku narimasu (With weird things like this carrying on since I entered this company, I feel like giving up my job), she says. The police do an excellent job and I am sure they will catch the culprit, I tell her. I urge her not to give up.