嗅かぐ

かぐ kagu

to sniff
to smell

godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

闻；嗅

Examples

Furigana

その犬いぬは地じ面めんをくんくん嗅かいだ。
The dog sniffed the ground.
那只狗嗅了嗅地面。
Tatoeba #210960
犬いぬは見み知しらぬ人ひとの匂においをかいだ。
The dog sniffed at the stranger.
狗闻了闻陌生人的气味。
Tatoeba #175275

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('76bbbdeee5'); // 嗅ぐ

{
  "id": "76bbbdeee5",
  "word": "嗅ぐ",
  "reading": "かぐ",
  "romaji": "kagu",
  "meanings": [
    "to sniff",
    "to smell"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "v5g",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1565480,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "その犬は地面をくんくん嗅いだ。",
      "furigana": "その{犬|いぬ}は{地面|じめん}をくんくん{嗅|か}いだ。",
      "en": "The dog sniffed the ground.",
      "tatoeba_id": 210960
    },
    {
      "ja": "犬は見知らぬ人の匂いをかいだ。",
      "furigana": "{犬|いぬ}は{見知|みし}らぬ{人|ひと}の{匂|にお}いをかいだ。",
      "en": "The dog sniffed at the stranger.",
      "tatoeba_id": 175275
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "96805e55848d80faf060ea6ae829ad1814f5643b8071f8c37d70f0367704a816",
    "meanings": [
      "闻",
      "嗅"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "その犬は地面をくんくん嗅いだ。",
        "zh": "那只狗嗅了嗅地面。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "犬は見知らぬ人の匂いをかいだ。",
        "zh": "狗闻了闻陌生人的气味。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/76bbbdeee5",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1565480; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "8efdcc5036ac61458d2d0ab0c5c0b2b088f2328a5e27767a6cffc3024592aa25"
  }
}