匂う
N2におう niou
- to be fragrant
- to smell
- to stink
godan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
散发气味;闻起来
Examples
- この辺臭うんだけど。Something stinks here.这一带有股味道。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('068ed10c19'); // 匂う
{
"id": "068ed10c19",
"word": "匂う",
"reading": "におう",
"romaji": "niou",
"meanings": [
"to be fragrant",
"to smell",
"to stink"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"v5u",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1599780,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "この辺臭うんだけど。",
"furigana": "この{辺|へん}{臭|にお}うんだけど。",
"en": "Something stinks here.",
"tatoeba_id": 219860
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "d5df1e2786a2962d4173c9615bba463b14587ec60ac7bab481aa86a516803014",
"meanings": [
"散发气味",
"闻起来"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "この辺臭うんだけど。",
"zh": "这一带有股味道。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/068ed10c19",
"JMdict ent_seq 1599780; 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": "0daa287f2f32244fd929ee082caadd753213f5837c661cec8ffe83cfd8305065"
}
}