嗅ぐ (かぐ, kagu) Japanese meaning: sniff | KotomoraCommon word›JLPTN2›Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000嗅ぐ · godan verb (-gu)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
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| Dictionary | 嗅ぐ | 嗅がない |
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| Polite | 嗅ぎます | 嗅ぎません |
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| Past polite | 嗅ぎました | 嗅ぎませんでした |
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| Past | 嗅いだ | 嗅がなかった |
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| Te-form | 嗅いで | 嗅がないで |
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| Desire | 嗅ぎたい | 嗅ぎたくない |
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| Potential | 嗅げる | 嗅げない |
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| Passive | 嗅がれる | 嗅がれない |
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| Causative | 嗅がせる | 嗅がせない |
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| Causative passive | 嗅がせられるalso 嗅がされる | 嗅がせられないalso 嗅がされない |
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| Volitional | 嗅ごう | |
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| Polite volitional | 嗅ぎましょう | |
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| Imperative | 嗅げ | 嗅ぐな |
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| Conditional | 嗅げば | 嗅がなければ |
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| Tara conditional | 嗅いだら | 嗅がなかったら |
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I tried smelling the scent of the flower.
Let's first sniff the milk to see if it's gone bad.
Usage patterns
〈物〉の匂いを嗅ぐto smell the scent of something
He smelled the flower's scent.
犬が〈物〉を嗅ぐa dog sniffs something
The dog is sniffing the ground.
くんくん嗅ぐto sniff repeatedly (in short breaths)
The puppy sniffed around, snuffling.
Expressions
見る目嗅ぐ鼻Yama's pole with a human head on top (able to discern good and evil of the dead) · fuss-pot; complaining about things in the public eye
