におい

nioi

a smell

noun

Also written 匂い

Chinese meanings

气味

Examples

Furigana

あの花はなはにおいが強つよいな。
That flower has a powerful smell.
那朵花的气味很浓。
Tatoeba #231152
そのにおいは学がっ校こう中じゅうに広ひろがった。
The smell penetrated through the whole school.
那股气味传遍了学校。
Tatoeba #212852

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('40f67571a6'); // におい

{
  "id": "40f67571a6",
  "word": "におい",
  "reading": "におい",
  "romaji": "nioi",
  "meanings": [
    "a smell"
  ],
  "level": "N4",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1599760,
  "other_forms": [
    "匂い"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "あの花はにおいが強いな。",
      "furigana": "あの{花|はな}はにおいが{強|つよ}いな。",
      "en": "That flower has a powerful smell.",
      "tatoeba_id": 231152
    },
    {
      "ja": "そのにおいは学校中に広がった。",
      "furigana": "そのにおいは{学校|がっこう}{中|じゅう}に{広|ひろ}がった。",
      "en": "The smell penetrated through the whole school.",
      "tatoeba_id": 212852
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "1bdd32b01fe8e027e7187d9da53d9a6cf52ef45f6bdebd6e16a66dd1dca41dde",
    "meanings": [
      "气味"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "あの花はにおいが強いな。",
        "zh": "那朵花的气味很浓。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "そのにおいは学校中に広がった。",
        "zh": "那股气味传遍了学校。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n4/40f67571a6",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "b59d3776d2f0294d5cd81c3913b0e9c5654a2ebb47729b4644bed1244a96abc0"
  }
}