香こう気き

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Meanings

A somewhat literary or refined word for a pleasant smell, often used for flowers, incense, or elegant settings.

〈物もの〉が香こう気きを放はなつfor something to give off a fragrance
白しら梅うめが静しずかに香こう気きを放はなっている。
The white plum blossoms are quietly giving off their fragrance.
香こう気きが漂ただようfor a fragrance to drift or waft through the air
部屋へやの中なかに白びゃく檀だんの香こう気きが漂ただよっていた。
The fragrance of sandalwood was drifting through the room.
香こう気きに包つつまれるto be enveloped in a fragrance
茶ちゃ室しつは静しずかな香こう気きに包つつまれていた。
The tea room was enveloped in a quiet fragrance.

香かおりN3
香り is the common everyday word for a pleasant smell, while 香気 is a more literary, refined term used for the same kind of scent.
芳ほう香こう
芳香 and 香気 are both literary words for a pleasant fragrance, but 芳香 leans slightly more toward describing the scent of flowers or fine perfumes.
匂においN4
匂い is a neutral, everyday word for any smell, pleasant or not, whereas 香気 refers specifically to an elegant, pleasant fragrance.
薫くん
香気 refers to fragrant air or scent in formal writing, whereas 薫 is rarer and carries a more classical, poetic feel.

悪あく臭しゅう
悪臭 is a foul, unpleasant odor, the direct opposite of the refined, pleasant fragrance described by 香気.

Sino-Japanese compound of 香 (fragrance) and 気 (air, atmosphere).