Keyword
smelly
Info
FrequencyTop 900-1000
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig128
Old form
Readings
くさ
(51%)
にお
(22%)
ぐさ
(3%)
Composed of
self
large
Used in kanji (2 in total)
sniff
parched wheat or rice
Used in vocabulary (182 in total)
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
Examples (40 in total)
Do you smell something strange?
She gets easily excited by the smell.
Do I smell funny?