香こうこうFreq.FrequencyTop 5,000じ字FuriganaAudioMeanings1nounincenseRefers to aromatic material burned for fragrance, often in religious or meditative contexts. The reading こり is obsolete.See also: お香お寺てらで香こうをたく。Break this sentence down in the analyzerI burn incense at the temple.部屋へやに香こうのいい匂においが漂ただよっている。Break this sentence down in the analyzerThe pleasant scent of incense is drifting through the room.See all 52 example sentences ›Usage patterns香こうが香かおるthe incense gives off a fragrant scent部屋へやには静しずかに香こうが香かおっていた。Break this sentence down in the analyzerThe room was quietly filled with the scent of incense.香こうの匂においがするthere is a smell of incense寺てらに入はいると香こうの匂においがした。Break this sentence down in the analyzerWhen I entered the temple, I could smell incense.Expressions香こうを焚たくburn incense; cense香こうを聞きくsmell incense; appreciate incense線せん香こうをあげるoffer incense; light an incense stick沈香じんこうも焚たかず屁へも放ひらずneither very good nor very bad; mediocre; having few faults but few virtues