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Japanese
Etymology
Japanese reading of Chinese 聞香／闻香.
Phrase
香を聞く • (kō o kiku)
- to smell incense
1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 132:Cǒ. カゥ （香） 沈香. Cǒuo taqu. (香を炷く) 芳香を放ち薫るように沈香を焚く. Cǒuo tomuru. (香をとむる) 沈香を薫らせる, または, 着物に薫りをつける. Cǒuo qiqu. (香を聞く) 香炉で焚く沈香や加羅などの香を嗅いで, その香の品質を見る, すなわち, 鑑定する.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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