Illustration: At a neighborhood rice-cracker shop, the owner lifts a wire rack of freshly toasted senbei from a small grill. Their blistered surfaces have browned around the edges. A customer who was reaching for a shopping bag pauses with nose raised and eyes pleasantly closed, drawn toward the fresh batch.

JLPT N1i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

香こうばしい

koubashii

fragrant, appetizing

Example sentences

  1. 焼やきたてパンの香こうばしい香かおりが好すき。

    I like the smell of freshly-baked bread.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 加熱かねつにより大豆特有だいずとくゆうの臭くさみが抜ぬけ、香こうばしい香かおりになる。

    Soybeans change their unique odor to an appetizing aroma when heated.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. あっさりとしており、香こうばしい香かおりと味あじが特徴とくちょう。

    It has a delicate taste, and its fragrant smell and flavor are characteristics.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 香

  • 香incense; smellOnコウ・キョウKunか・かおり・かおる

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