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.

〈物もの〉の香かおりが漂ただようa scent of something wafts through the air
キッチンからコーヒーの香かおりが漂ただよってきた。
The aroma of coffee wafted from the kitchen.
香かおりを楽たのしむto enjoy a scent
ワインの香かおりをゆっくり楽たのしんだ。
I slowly savored the aroma of the wine.
香かおりを放はなつto give off a fragrance
その花はなは強つよい香かおりを放はなっている。
That flower is giving off a strong fragrance.
香かおりに包つつまれるto be enveloped in a scent
店みせに入はいると甘あまい香かおりに包つつまれた。
As soon as I entered the shop, I was enveloped in a sweet scent.

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.
フレーバー
香り refers specifically to scent or aroma, while フレーバー covers both taste and smell together.

悪あく臭しゅう
悪臭 means a foul stench, the opposite of the pleasant scent implied by 香り.

香こう水すいN3
香水 is the physical product 'perfume', not the scent itself, whereas 香り is the abstract fragrance or aroma something gives off.

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%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; may appear in literary or stylistic contexts.
薫かおりUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not a standard standalone spelling for this reading.
馨かおり
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; may appear in literary or stylistic contexts.

Derived from the verb 香る (かおる, 'to smell sweet'). The kanji 香 carries the meaning of fragrance or incense.