聞ぶん香こう

noun

incense smelling; incense-smelling party

Refers to the traditional Japanese practice of appreciating incense by smell, often in a formal gathering or game where participants distinguish different scents.

• 聞ぶん香こうの会かいに参さん加かして、香こう木ぼくの香かおりを楽たのしんだ。

  I attended an incense-smelling party and enjoyed the fragrance of aromatic woods.

• 聞ぶん香こうでは、香こう炉ろから立たち上のぼる香かおりを静しずかに味あじわう。

  In incense smelling, one quietly savors the scent rising from the incense burner.