香かおり

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

A general word for a smell, often pleasant but can be neutral. Used for natural scents, food, flowers, and sometimes abstract atmospheres.

Related words· 9

匂においN4
匂い is a neutral, general word for smell that can be pleasant or unpleasant, while 香り usually implies a pleasant or refined scent.
香こう気き
香気 is a formal, literary word for a fragrant scent, while 香り is the everyday word used in conversation.
芳ほう香こう
芳香 is a formal, somewhat elegant term for a sweet fragrance, often used in writing or product descriptions, whereas 香り is the plain everyday word.
風ふう味み
風味 refers to the combined taste-and-aroma character of food or drink, while 香り focuses specifically on the scent itself.

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薫くん
香り is the common everyday word for a pleasant smell, while 薫 is a literary, poetic term for the same idea.
アロマ
香り is the native Japanese word for a pleasant smell, while アロマ specifically evokes essential oils or a Western-style fragrance.
香こう水すいN3
香り is the general word for any pleasant scent, while 香水 refers specifically to a manufactured liquid fragrance product.
香か
香り is the common, everyday noun for a pleasant scent, while 香 is a more literary or formal word for the same idea, often seen in the pattern 〜の香.

Written forms

香かおりUsage94%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common and recommended form.
かおりUsage3%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the intended kanji nuance is not important.
香かおりUsage2%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not a standard standalone spelling for this reading.
薫かおりUsage1%