Illustration: Along a quiet residential lane, a flowering fragrant olive shrub extends just beyond a low garden wall. A passing cyclist has stopped with one foot on the ground, head turned toward the blossoms and face softened in pleasure.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

香かおる

kaoru

to smell sweet, to be fragrant

Example sentences

庭にわには薔薇ばらの花はなが香かおっている。
The garden is fragrant with the smell of roses.
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新あたらしい石せっけんは、使つかうとほのかに香かおる。
The new soap has a faint fragrance when you use it.
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ふたを開あけると、緑茶りょくちゃがふわりと香かおった。
When I opened the lid, the green tea gave off a gentle fragrance.
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Kanji in 香

香incense; smellOnコウ・キョウKunか・かおり・かおる

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