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#1,467
Common N3
Pitch accent
Meaning
  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    smell; scent; odour; odor; stench
    臭い used for unpleasant smells
    That flower has a powerful smell.
  2. 2
    English · JMdict
    aura; whiff; smack; flavour; flavor; mood
  3. 3
    English · JMdict
    faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
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#3,126

Inflections of 臭い

Common N3
Pitch accent
Meaning
  1. 1
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    stinking; smelly
    "I'm soaked with sweat." "Step back. You stink!"
  2. 2
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    suspicious; fishy
    He looks suspicious.
  3. 3
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    hammy (acting); over-the-top; cheesy
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#4,029

Inflections of 匂いがする

Pitch accent
Meaning
  1. English · JMdict
    to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
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#12,026

Inflections of 匂う

Common N2
Pitch accent
Meaning
  1. 1
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    to be fragrant; to smell (good)
    usu. 匂う
  2. 2
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    to stink; to smell (bad)
    usu. 臭う
    Something stinks here.
  3. 3
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    to glow; to be bright
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#33,794
Pitch accent
Meaning
  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    bad smell
    It's very easy to drink potato shochu now that the potato-like smell has been reduced to a low level through use of the latest biotechnology.
  2. 2
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    affectation; fulsomeness
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#42,101

Inflections of 匂わせる

Pitch accent
Meaning
  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    to give off (a smell, scent, aroma); to smell of; to perfume (a room, etc.)
    臭わせる only used for unpleasant odours
  2. 2
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    to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate
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#45,948

Inflections of 匂わす

Pitch accent
Meaning
  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    to give off (a smell, scent, aroma); to smell of; to perfume (a room, etc.)
    臭わす only used for unpleasant odours
  2. 2
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    to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate
    She makes no allusion in the book to her profession.
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#114,995

Inflections of 臭い飯を食う

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Meaning
  1. English · JMdict
    to go to prison; to serve a prison term; to eat foul-smelling food
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#115,546
Meaning
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    kabosu (type of citrus fruit) (Citrus sphaerocarpa)
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Pitch accent
Meaning
  1. 1
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    Chinese pond turtle (Chinemys reevesii); Reeves' turtle
  2. 2
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    stink bug; shield bug
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#189,836

Inflections of 臭い物に蓋をする

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    to look the other way; to hush up a problem
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