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
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
stink; bad odor; bad odour; stench
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
embarrassing; awkward
bad smell; stink
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
offensive smell; off-flavor; off-flavour
body odor; body odour; personal odor; personal odour; characteristic (of someone)
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol
smell(ing) of sweat
smell of something rotten; rotten smell
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
smelling of mud or earth; unrefined; uncouth
bad smell; affectation; fulsomeness
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
smelling burnt; tasting burnt; having a burnt smell
irritant odor; irritant odour; irritating smell (odor, odour)
reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)
putrid smell of a corpse
the smell of blood
human-like; quite human
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
smelling of men; reeking of male body odor; manly; macho
tasteless and odorless; bland
rotten smell; putrid odor
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
odorless; odourless; unscented
to give off a stench; to stink
bad breath; halitosis
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
in the manner of an old person; like that of an old person; fusty; old-fashioned; fogyish
preachy; sanctimonious
contrived; false-sounding
slow; clumsy; stupid; irritating
deodorant; deodorizer; air freshener
green; wet behind the ears; immature; (lit.) smelling of milk
smelling of earth; rustic
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
stingy; mean; narrow-minded; petty; shabby; poor
tending to find things bothersome; person who tends to find things bothersome
shabby; mean; sorry; dingy
smelling of the sea; smelling of the seashore
laziness; lazy person
degenerate monk; corrupt priest
something that smells of fish or blood; meat and fish; degenerate monk; corrupt priest
to begrudge doing; to find bothersome
stinking of urine; childish; immature; inexperienced
stingy; mean; narrow-minded; petty; shabby; poor
the sense of smell
scent; trail; spoor
bad smell; stink
putrid smell of a corpse
smelling burnt; tasting burnt; having a burnt smell
troublesome; pain in the butt
troublesome; bothersome; burdensome
having bad breath; having halitosis
deodorization; deodorisation
contrived; false-sounding
contrived; false-sounding
odor-resistant; odour-resistant
fishy; dubious; questionable; false-looking
metallic tasting
pungent smell; sharp smell; strong odor (odour)
smelling of woman; womanly; feminine
smelling of incense; overly pious
old-maidish (esp. of fashion); old-womanish
old-mannish
Western-influenced; occidental-looking; exotic; (lit.) smelling of butter
slow; clumsy; stupid; irritating
body odor (odour); abnormal underarm odor
ridiculous; stupid; foolish; absurd; laughable
vulgarity; worldliness
impertinent; impudent; cheeky
the lust for money
to give off (a smell, scent, aroma); to smell of; to perfume (a room, etc.); to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate
suspicion that something is inferior (game, product, etc.)
mold smell; mould smell
greenhorn; fledgling
to go to prison; to serve a prison term; (lit.) to eat foul-smelling food
person who tends to find things bothersome; person who doesn't like to make an effort
to look the other way; to hush up a problem
mold smell; mould smell
extremely bothersome; extremely tiresome; extremely troublesome; very tedious
boyishness; inexperience
smelling burnt; tasting burnt; having a burnt smell
fermented tofu; stinky tofu; smelly tofu
tonsil stone; tonsillolith
meat and fish (forbidden to monks)
smelling of face powder; coquettish; resembling the atmosphere of nightlife business
old-mannish
bromine (Br)
having the smell of having been dried in the sun; provincial; rural; unrefined
deodorant; deodorizer; deodoriser
otherworldly; sanctimonious
bromination
troublesome; bothersome; burdensome
overly concerned with domestic affairs; having an air of domesticity
touch of Japanese; tinge of Japanese; Japanese flavour (flavor); Japanese style (e.g. of kanbun writing, in contrast to actual Chinese)
bad smell; affectation; fulsomeness
giving off a foul odor; the air being heavy with an offensive smell
looking the other way; hushing up a problem
old-maidish (esp. of fashion); old-womanish
overly pious; sanctimonious; priestly; monkish
warm (esp. from the fever of a sick person); hot; stuffy
tasteless, odorless and colorless
foxy odor (of wine)
to go to prison; to serve a prison term; (lit.) to eat foul-smelling food
ridiculous; stupid; foolish; absurd; laughable
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
fishy; dubious; questionable; false-looking
it's hard to notice one's own faults; (lit.) one does not notice one's own body odour
overly concerned with domestic affairs; having an air of domesticity
of low taste (vulgar); lacking class
hydrogen bromide (HBr)
harlequin glorybower (species of flowering plant, Clerodendrum trichotomum)
of low taste (vulgar); lacking class
potassium bromide (KBr)
smelling of (stale) liquor
scent (of an animal while hunting)
olfactory reference syndrome; ORS; autodysomophobia; fear of having an unpleasant body odour
looking the other way; hushing up a problem
ridiculous; stupid; laughable
trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata); hardy orange
stingy; mean; narrow-minded; petty; shabby; poor
old-maidish (esp. of fashion); old-womanish
person who tends to find things bothersome; person who doesn't like to make an effort
body odor (odour); abnormal underarm odor
body odor (odour); abnormal underarm odor
kabosu (type of citrus fruit) (Citrus sphaerocarpa)
pungent smell; sharp smell; strong odor (odour)
tonsil stone; tonsillolith
overly concerned with domestic affairs; having an air of domesticity
Chinese pond turtle (Chinemys reevesii); Reeves' turtle; stink bug; shield bug
giving off a foul odor; the air being heavy with an offensive smell
looking the other way; hushing up a problem
it's hard to notice one's own faults; (lit.) one does not notice one's own body odour
smelling of rotten food and drink
smelling of rotten food and drink
to give off (a smell, scent, aroma); to smell of; to perfume (a room, etc.); to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate
lingering odor; lingering odour
officialism; red tape
body odour problem (odor); bromidrosis; bromhidrosis
smelling of blood
flies are attracted to foul smells; ruffians flock together
flies are attracted to foul smells; ruffians flock together
flies are attracted to foul smells; ruffians flock together
flies are attracted to foul smells; ruffians flock together
olfactory reference syndrome; ORS; autodysomophobia; fear of having an unpleasant body odour
fermented tofu; stinky tofu; smelly tofu
muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
Examples (40 in total)
Do you smell something strange?
She gets easily excited by the smell.
Do I smell funny?