芳ほう香こう

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

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noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

fragrance; aroma; sweet scent

Refers to a pleasant, often sweet or refined smell, such as that of flowers, perfume, or incense. Slightly formal or literary compared to 香り.

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A sweet fragrance is drifting through the garden.

彼かの女じょは芳ほう香こうのあるハーブティーを好このむ。

She likes herbal tea with a pleasant aroma.

〈物もの〉から芳ほう香こうがするa fragrance comes from something
この花はなからかすかな芳ほう香こうがする。
A faint fragrance comes from this flower.
芳ほう香こうを漂ただよわせるto give off / waft a fragrance
部屋へや中じゅうに芳ほう香こうを漂ただよわせるアロマオイルを使つかっている。
I use an aroma oil that fills the whole room with a sweet fragrance.

香かおりN3
香り is the common, everyday word for a pleasant smell, while 芳香 is more formal and literary, often implying a richer or more refined scent.
匂においN4
匂い is a neutral word that can describe good or bad smells, while 芳香 refers exclusively to a pleasant, elegant fragrance.
香こう気き
香気 is another formal, literary word for a fine fragrance, largely interchangeable with 芳香 but slightly more common in describing tea, wine, or wood.
薫くん
芳香 is a formal written word for a fragrant scent that appears more often in modern prose than the archaic 薫.

悪あく臭しゅう
悪臭 is a foul or offensive stench, the direct opposite of the pleasant scent described by 芳香.
臭しゅう気き
芳香 means a pleasant fragrance, the direct opposite of 臭気, which refers to an unpleasant odor.

方ほう向こうN3
方向 (direction) is a same-sounding but unrelated word to 芳香 (fragrance); context alone distinguishes them in speech.

Composed of 芳 (fragrant, good) and 香 (incense, smell). The compound has been used in classical and modern Japanese to denote a sweet, pleasant scent.

芳ほう香こう族ぞく性せい

aromaticity; aromatic property

aromatherapy

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