嗅ぐ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "嗅ぐ"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
嗅ぐ
Imperative (命令形) 嗅げ
Key constructions
Passive 嗅がれる がれる
Causative 嗅がせる がせる
Potential 嗅げる げる
Volitional 嗅ごう
Negative 嗅がない がない
Negative perfective 嗅がなかった がなかった
Formal 嗅ぎます ぎま
Perfective 嗅いだ いだ
Conjunctive 嗅いで いで
Hypothetical conditional 嗅げば

Verb

() (kagutransitive godan (stem () (kagi), past ()いだ (kaida))

  1. sniff, smell
    ワキガの(にお)いを()
    wakiga no nioi o kagu
    smell armpit odor

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References

  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN