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?
This towel is smelly.
Are you saying I smell bad?
It stinks.
You stink of cigarettes.
It's quite distinct from the smell of burning.
Your socks stink.
She eyed the stranger suspiciously.
That's an awfully fishy story.
Tom always smells like cigarettes.
The room smelled of tobacco.
I smell something burning, Mother.
This milk smells funny.
This meat smells bad.
There's a funny smell in this room.
This fish has a bad smell.
The meat was giving off a terrible smell.
I smell smoke in the elevator.
I smell gas.
I smell something rotten.
"I'm soaked with sweat." "Step back. You stink!"
The smell is characteristic of garlic.
I hate the smell of garlic.
I like garlic but, because of the smell, I rarely eat it.
You smell sweaty. Go and have a shower.
Tom, you reek of alcohol. Go over there!
Tom reeked of alcohol.
I don't like the smell of durian.
The instant he opened the door, he smelt something burning.
It smells like kerosene.
There was a strong smell of cannabis in the air.
This room smells musty.
This gas gives off a bad smell.
The smell of raw fish nauseates me.
I have bad breath.
The gas gives off a strong, bad smell.
This dog has a keen sense of smell.
A bad smell permeated the room.