Meanings
Verb (5-dan, ぐ)
1. 鼻で空気を吸ったり、鼻を対象物に近づけたりして匂いを感じる。嗅覚を使う。
Kanji used
sniff
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
Yama's pole with a human head on the top (able to discern good and evil of the dead); (being a) fuss-pot; complaining about things in the public eye
Examples (5 in total)
I sniffed the smell.
The dog was sniffing a stick.
My mother caught a cold and couldn't smell.
The dog sniffed the ground.
The instant he opened the door, he smelt something burning.