匂(にお)い, 臭(くさ)い, 匂(におい), におい

nioi

JLPT 4

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • odour; odor; scent; smell; stench
  • aura; whiff; smacks of ...; sense; flavour; flavor

臭(くさ)い, くさい

kusai

JLPT 3

adjective (keiyoushi)
  • stinking; smelly
  • suspicious; fishy
  • clumsy

面倒(めんどう)くさい, 面倒臭(めんどうくさ)い, めんどうくさい, めんどくさい

mendōkusai, mendokusai

JLPT 2

adjective (keiyoushi)
  • bother(some) to do; tiresome

匂(にお)う, 臭(にお)う, におう

niō

JLPT 2

Godan verb with `u` ending intransitive verb
  • to be fragrant; to smell (good)
  • to stink; to smell (bad)
  • to glow; to be bright

生臭(なまぐさ)い, 腥(なまぐさ)い, なまぐさい

namagusai

JLPT 1

adjective (keiyoushi)
  • fishy; raw; smelling of fish or blood

臭(におい), しゅう

shū

suffix
  • -smell; stinking of
  • smacking of; hinting of

悪臭(あくしゅう), あくしゅう

akushū

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
  • stink; bad odor; bad odour; stench

消(しょう), しょうしゅう

shōshū

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • deodorization

異臭(いしゅう), いしゅう

ishū

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • offensive smell; off-flavor; off-flavour

照(て)れくさい, 照(て)れ臭(くさ)い, てれくさい

terekusai

adjective (keiyoushi)
  • embarrassing; awkward

無臭(むしゅう), むしゅう

mushū

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
  • odorless; odourless; unscented

臭気(しゅうき), しゅうき

shūki

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • bad smell; stink

臭(くさ)み, 臭味(しゅうみ), くさみ

kusami

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • bad smell
  • affectation; fulsomeness

古臭(ふるくさ)い, 古(ふる)くさい, ふるくさい

furukusai

adjective (keiyoushi)
  • stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite

血(ち), 血(ち)なまぐさい, ちなまぐさい

chinamagusai

adjective (keiyoushi)
  • bloody; bloody stench

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