嗅ぐ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
嗅
か
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 かぐ
Imperative (命令形) 嗅げ かげ
Key constructions
Passive 嗅がれる かがれる
Causative 嗅がせる かがせる
Potential 嗅げる かげる
Volitional 嗅ごう かごー
Negative 嗅がない かがない
Negative perfective 嗅がなかった かがなかった
Formal 嗅ぎます かぎます
Perfective 嗅いだ かいだ
Conjunctive 嗅いで かいで
Hypothetical conditional 嗅げば かげば

Verb

嗅(か)ぐ • (kagu) transitive godan (stem 嗅(か)ぎ (kagi), past 嗅(か)いだ (kaida))

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of "嗅ぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 嗅が かが kaga
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 嗅ぎ かぎ kagi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 嗅ぐ かぐ kagu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 嗅ぐ かぐ kagu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 嗅げ かげ kage
Meireikei ("imperative") 嗅げ かげ kage
Key constructions
Passive 嗅がれる かがれる kagareru
Causative 嗅がせる
嗅がす 		かがせる
かがす 		kagaseru
kagasu
Potential 嗅げる かげる kageru
Volitional 嗅ごう かごう kagō
Negative 嗅がない かがない kaganai
Negative continuative 嗅がず かがず kagazu
Formal 嗅ぎます かぎます kagimasu
Perfective 嗅いだ かいだ kaida
Conjunctive 嗅いで かいで kaide
Hypothetical conditional 嗅げば かげば kageba

See also

References

  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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