Illustration: In a compact home kitchen, a cook pinches a freshly picked shiso leaf between finger and thumb and holds it directly beneath their nose. Their lips stay closed, nostrils slightly lifted, and eyes soften as they deliberately inhale its scent.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

嗅かぐ

kagu

to sniff, to smell

Example sentences

犬いぬは見知みしらぬ人ひとの匂においをかいだ。
The dog sniffed at the stranger.
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その犬いぬは地面じめんをくんくん嗅かいだ。
The dog sniffed the ground.
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その少女しょうじょは花はなの香かおりをかいでいる。
The girl is smelling the flowers.
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Kanji in 嗅

嗅smell; sniffOnキュウKunかぐ

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