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    yi4
i
 i
    い

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Idea / Thought / Meaning
idea; meaning; thought; to think; wish; desire; intention; to expect; to anticipate
(1) feelings; thoughts; (2) meaning; (personal name) Kokoro
Manas, the sixth of the ṣaḍāyatanas or six means of perception, i.e. sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and mind. Manas means "mind (in its widest sense as applied to all the mental powers), intellect, intelligence, understanding, perception, sense, conscience, will". M.W. It is "the intellectual function of consciousness", Keith. In Chinese it connotes thought, idea, intention, meaning, will; but in Buddhist terminology its distinctive meaning is mind, or the faculty of thought.


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    qi4
ch`i
    chi
 ki
    き

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Life Energy / Spiritual Energy
gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi
(out-dated kanji) (1) spirit; mind; heart; (2) nature; disposition; (3) motivation; intention; (4) mood; feelings; (5) ambience; atmosphere; mood
energy

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xiāng
    xiang1
hsiang
 kou; kori(ok) / ko; kori(ok)
    こう; こり(ok)

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Fragrant / Good Smell
fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick; CL:根[gen1]
(See 御香) incense; (female given name) Yuka
(竹; 象) Incense made in coils and burnt to measure the time; also 香盤; 香印.; gandha. Fragrance; incense; the sense of smell, i.e. one of the ṣaḍāyātana, six senses. Incense is one of the 使 Buddha's messengers to stimulate faith and devotion.

氣息


气息

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qì xī
    qi4 xi1
ch`i hsi
    chi hsi
 kisoku

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Breath of Life
breath; smell; odor; flavor
breath

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xiù
    xiu4
hsiu
 shuu / shu
    しゅう
sense of smell; smell bad
(suffix) (1) (See カビ臭) -smell; stinking of; (suffix) (2) smacking of; hinting of
Stink, stinking; smell.

腐臭

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fǔ chòu
    fu3 chou4
fu ch`ou
    fu chou
 fushuu / fushu
    ふしゅう
rotten (smell); stinking; putrid
smell of something rotten; rotten smell

臭味

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chòu wèi
    chou4 wei4
ch`ou wei
    chou wei
 shuumi / shumi
    しゅうみ
bad smell; foul odor
bad smell; stink

香味

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xiāng wèi
    xiang1 wei4
hsiang wei
 koumi / komi
    こうみ
fragrance; bouquet; sweet smell; CL:股[gu3]
smell and taste; flavour; flavor; (surname) Kōmi
odor and taste

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 kaoru
    かおる
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) odour; odor; scent; smell; stench; (2) aura; whiff; smacks of ...; sense; flavour; flavor; (m,f) Kaoru

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wèi
    wei4
wei
 mi
    み
taste; smell; (fig.) (noun suffix) feel; quality; sense; (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription
(1) (sense of) taste; (suf,ctr) (2) counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.
rasa. Taste, flavour; the sense of taste. One of the six sensations.

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xiù
    xiu4
hsiu
 kyū
to smell; to sniff; to nose
smelling


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qiàng
    qiang4
ch`iang
    chiang
to irritate the nose; to choke (of smoke, smell etc); pungent; (coll.) (Tw) to shout at sb; to scold; to speak out against sb


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pèn
    pen4
p`en
    pen
(of a smell) strong; peak season (of a crop); (classifier for the ordinal number of a crop, in the context of multiple harvests)


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chén
    chen2
ch`en
    chen
 chiri
    ちり
dust; dirt; earth
(1) dust; (2) trash; garbage; rubbish; dirt; (3) (usu. as 塵ほども...ない) negligible amount; tiny bit; (4) hustle and bustle (of life); worldly cares; impurities of the world; (5) (abbreviation) {sumo} (See 塵手水) ritual gestures indicating that a fight will be clean
guṇa, in Sanskrit inter alia means 'a secondary element', 'a quality', 'an attribute of the five elements', e.g. 'ether has śabda or sound for its guṇa and the ear for its organ'. In Chinese it means 'dust, small particles; molecules, atoms, exhalations'. It may be intp. as an atom, or matter, which is considered as defilement; or as an active, conditioned principle in nature, minute, subtle, and generally speaking defiling to pure mind; worldly, earthly, the world. The six guṇas or sensation-data are those of sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, and thought.


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nóng
    nong2
nung
 nou; ko / no; ko
    のう; こ
concentrated; dense; strong (smell etc)
(prefix) (1) (See 濃グレー・のうグレー) dark (color); (prefix) (2) (のう only) concentrated; thick; (surname) Nouzaki
thick


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wén
    wen2
wen
 mineyuki
    みねゆき
to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at
(personal name) Mineyuki
To hear; to make known to; to smell.

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xīng
    xing1
hsing
fishy (smell)

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    ru2
ju
to eat; (extended meaning) to endure; putrid smell; vegetables; roots (inextricably attached to the plant)

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xūn
    xun1
hsün
 kun
    くん
Japanese variant of 薰
(1) pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; scent; (2) pleasant-smelling vegetation; (female given name) Nio

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    bi2
pi
 hana
    はな
nose
nose; (surname) Hanasaki
ghrāṇa. The nose; one of the five 根 indryas; the organ of smell; one of the six vijñānas (六識) or perceptions, the sense of smell; translit. vai, vi.

串味

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chuàn wèi
    chuan4 wei4
ch`uan wei
    chuan wei
to become tainted with the smell of something else; to pick up an odor

九識


九识

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jiǔ shì
    jiu3 shi4
chiu shih
 kumi
    くみ
(female given name) Kumi
The kinds of cognition or consciousness (vijñāna); those of sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, mind, mānas (or阿陁那識 ādāna), i.e. mental perception; 阿賴耶 ālāya, bodhi-consciousness, and 阿摩羅識 amala, purified or Buddha-consciousness. There is considerable difference as to the meaning of the last three.

五唯

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wǔ wéi
    wu3 wei2
wu wei
 goyui
(五唯量) pañcatanmātrāṇi, the five subtle or rudimentary elements out of which rise the five sensations of sound, touch, form, taste, and smell. They are the fourth of the 二十五諦.

五境

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wǔ jìng
    wu3 jing4
wu ching
 gokyō
The objects of the five senses, corresponding to the senses of form, sound, smell, taste, and touch.

五妙

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wǔ miào
    wu3 miao4
wu miao
 gomyō
The five wonders, i. e. of purified or transcendental sight, sound, taste, smell, and touch in the Pure-land.

五識


五识

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wǔ shì
    wu3 shi4
wu shih
 goshiki
The five parijñānas, perceptions or cognitions; ordinarily those arising from the five senses, i. e. of form-and-color, sound, smell, taste, and touch. The 起信論 Awakening of Faith has a different set of five steps in the history of cognition; (1) 業識 initial functioning of mind under the influence of the original 無明 unenlightenment or state of ignorance; (2) 轉識 the act of turning towards the apparent object for its observation; (3) 現識 observation of the object as it appears; (4) 知識 the deductions derived from its appearance; (5) 相續識 the consequent feelings of like or dislike, pleasure or pain, from which arise the delusions and incarnations.

低臭

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 teishuu / teshu
    ていしゅう
slight smell; low level of smell

健陀

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jiàn tuó
    jian4 tuo2
chien t`o
    chien to
 kenda
健杜; 健達 gandha, smell, scent; a tree producing incense; the first and last also mean (as do 乾陀 and 乾馱) kaṣāya, a colour composed of red and yellow, the monk's robe, but the sounds agree better with kanthā, the patch-robe. Also used for skandha, v. 塞建陀, the five constituents; also for gandharvas, v. 乾闥婆.

六入

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liù rù
    liu4 ru4
liu ju
 rokunyuu / rokunyu
    ろくにゅう
{Buddh} six sense organs (eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind)
ṣaḍāyatana; 六阿耶怛那 (or 六阿也怛那) the six entrances, or locations, both the organ and the sensation — eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind; sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and perception. The six form one of the twelve nidanas, see 十二因緣. The 六根 are the six organs, the 六境 the six objects, and the 六塵 or guṇas, the six inherent qualities. The later term is 六處 q. v.; The "six entries" ṣaḍāyatana, which form one of the links in the chain of causaton, v. 十二因緣 the preceding link being觸contact, and the succeeding link 識 perception. The six are the qualities and effects of the six organs of sense producing sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and thought (or mental presentations). v. also 二入.

六劍


六剑

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liù jiàn
    liu4 jian4
liu chien
 rokken
六箭 The six swords (or arrows), i. e. the six senses, v. 六塵, which are defined as the qualities of sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, and mind.

六塵


六尘

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liù chén
    liu4 chen2
liu ch`en
    liu chen
 rokujin
The six guṇas, qualities produced by the objects and organs of sense, i. e. sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, and idea; the organs are the 六根, 六入, 六處, and the perceptions or discernments the 六識; cf. 六境. Dust 塵 is dirt, and these six qualities are therefore the cause of all impurity. Yet 六塵說法 the Buddha made use of them to preach his law.

六境

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liù jìng
    liu4 jing4
liu ching
 rokkyou / rokkyo
    ろっきょう
{Buddh} six objective fields of the senses (shape and colour, sound, scent, flavour, physical feeling, and mental presentation)
The six fields of the senses, i. e. the objective fields of sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, and idea (or thought); rūpa, form and color, is the field of vision; sound, of hearing; scent, of smelling; the five flavors, of tasting; physical feeling, of touch; and mental presentation, of discernment; cf. 六入; 六處 and next.

劇臭

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 gekishuu / gekishu
    げきしゅう
strong odor; strong odour; smell

匂い

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 nioi
    におい
(1) odour; odor; scent; smell; stench; (2) aura; whiff; smacks of ...; sense; flavour; flavor

匂う

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 niou / nio
    におう
(v5u,vi) (1) to be fragrant; to smell (good); (2) to stink; to smell (bad); (3) to glow; to be bright; (4) to smack of; to show hints of

味道

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wèi dao
    wei4 dao5
wei tao
 midō
flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...); (fig.) interest; delight; (dialect) smell; odor
Taste, flavour; the taste of Buddha-truth or tasting the doctrine.

嗅ぐ

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 kagu
    かぐ
(transitive verb) to sniff; to smell

嗅覚

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 kyuukaku / kyukaku
    きゅうかく
(noun - becomes adjective with の) sense of smell; olfaction

嗅覺


嗅觉

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xiù jué
    xiu4 jue2
hsiu chüeh
sense of smell

四微

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sì wēi
    si4 wei1
ssu wei
 shimi
The four minutest forms or atoms perceptible to the four senses of sight, smell, taste, or touch; from these arise the 四大 four elements, from which arise the 五智 five wisdoms, q. v.

土腥

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tǔ xīng
    tu3 xing1
t`u hsing
    tu hsing
(of a taste or smell) earthy

塵境


尘境

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chén jìng
    chen2 jing4
ch`en ching
    chen ching
 jinkyō
The environment of the six guṇas or qualities of sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, and thought.

官能

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guān néng
    guan1 neng2
kuan neng
 kannou / kanno
    かんのう
function; capability; sense (i.e. the five senses of sight 視|视, hearing 聽|听, smell 嗅, taste 味 and touch 觸|触); faculty (i.e. specific ability)
(1) the senses; (2) sensuality; carnality; (surname) Kannou

惡氣


恶气

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è qì
    e4 qi4
o ch`i
    o chi
 akuki
evil smell; resentment; unpleasant manner
evil smell

撲面


扑面

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pū miàn
    pu1 mian4
p`u mien
    pu mien
lit. something hits one in the face; directly in one's face; something assaults the senses; blatant (advertising); eye-catching; (a smell) assaults the nostrils

死臭

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 shishuu / shishu
    ししゅう
putrid smell of a corpse

汚臭

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 oshuu / oshu
    おしゅう
foul smell

消す

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 kesu
    けす
(transitive verb) (1) to erase; to rub out; to rub off; to cross out; to delete; (transitive verb) (2) to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; (transitive verb) (3) to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; (transitive verb) (4) to remove (a smell, pain, etc.); to eliminate; to get rid of; to relieve (pain, anxiety, etc.); to neutralize (poison); (transitive verb) (5) to drown out (a sound); to deaden; to absorb; to muffle; (transitive verb) (6) (colloquialism) to kill; to murder; to bump off; to rub out

激臭

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 gekishuu / gekishu
    げきしゅう
strong odor; strong odour; smell

濃い

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 koi
    こい
(adjective) (1) deep (colour); dark; (adjective) (2) strong (flavour, smell, etc.); (adjective) (3) thick (consistency); dense; (adjective) (4) strong (possibility, etc.); (adjective) (5) thick (i.e. "as thick as thieves"); close; deep (love, etc.)

濃密


浓密

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nóng mì
    nong2 mi4
nung mi
 noumitsu / nomitsu
    のうみつ
thick; murky
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); deep (colour); strong (smell, scent); (noun or adjectival noun) (2) crowded

濃烈


浓烈

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nóng liè
    nong2 lie4
nung lieh
strong (taste, flavor, smell)

為る

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 suru
    する
(suru verb - irregular) (1) (kana only) to do; to carry out; to perform; (2) (kana only) to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); (3) (kana only) to serve as; to act as; to work as; (4) (kana only) to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); (5) (kana only) (as 〜にする,〜とする) to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; (6) (kana only) (as 〜にする) to decide on; to choose; (vs-i,vi) (7) (kana only) (as 〜がする) to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); (8) (kana only) to be (in a state, condition, etc.); (9) (kana only) to be worth; to cost; (10) (kana only) to pass (of time); to elapse; (vs-i,vt) (11) (kana only) (as AをBにする) to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B; (12) (kana only) (as AをBにする) to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B; (13) (kana only) (as AをBにする) to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B; (14) (kana only) (as AをBにする) to feel A about B; (suf,vs-i) (15) (kana only) verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); (aux-v,vs-i) (16) (kana only) (See お願いします,御・1) creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); (17) (kana only) (as 〜うとする,〜ようとする) (See とする・1) to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

猫耳

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 nekomimi; nekomimi
    ねこみみ; ネコミミ
(1) cat ears; (2) catgirl (female character with cat ears; in manga, anime, etc.); (3) ears with soft earwax that has a slight smell

甚濃


甚浓

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shèn nóng
    shen4 nong2
shen nung
strong (smell); thick (fog)

異臭

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 ishuu / ishu
    いしゅう
offensive smell; off-flavor; off-flavour

發臭


发臭

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fā chòu
    fa1 chou4
fa ch`ou
    fa chou
smelly; to smell bad

移す

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 utsusu
    うつす
(transitive verb) (1) to change; to swap; to substitute; to transfer; (2) to change the object of one's interest or focus; (3) to spend or take time; (4) to infect; (5) to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; (6) to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

空薫

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 soradaki
    そらだき
burning incense without making its source obvious; pleasant smell coming from an unknown location

聞く

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 kiku
    きく
(transitive verb) (1) to hear; (2) to listen (e.g. to music); (3) to ask; to enquire; to query; (4) to learn of; to hear about; (5) to follow (advice); to comply with; (6) to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance

聞出


闻出

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wén chū
    wen2 chu1
wen ch`u
    wen chu
 kikeide / kikede
    きけいで
to identify by smell; to detect a scent; to sniff out
(place-name) Kikeide

聞到


闻到

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wén dào
    wen2 dao4
wen tao
to smell; to sniff something out; to perceive by smelling

聞見


闻见

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wén jiàn
    wen2 jian4
wen chien
 bunken; monken
    ぶんけん; もんけん
to smell; to hear; knowledge; information
(noun/participle) (obsolete) (See 見聞) information; experience; knowledge; observation

聞香


闻香

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wén xiāng
    wen2 xiang1
wen hsiang
 bunkou; monkou / bunko; monko
    ぶんこう; もんこう
smelling incense; savoring incense; distinguishing incense by smell; incense-smelling party
smell an odor

聴く

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 kiku
    きく
(transitive verb) (1) to hear; (2) to listen (e.g. to music); (3) to ask; to enquire; to query; (4) to learn of; to hear about; (5) to follow (advice); to comply with; (6) to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance

臊氣


臊气

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sāo qì
    sao1 qi4
sao ch`i
    sao chi
foul smell; stench; smell of urine

臭う

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 niou / nio
    におう
(v5u,vi) (1) to be fragrant; to smell (good); (2) to stink; to smell (bad); (3) to glow; to be bright; (4) to smack of; to show hints of

臭み

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 kusami
    くさみ
(1) bad smell; (2) affectation; fulsomeness

臭気

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 shuuki / shuki
    しゅうき
bad smell; stink

臭覚

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 shuukaku / shukaku
    しゅうかく
the sense of smell

臭跡


臭迹

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chòu jì
    chou4 ji4
ch`ou chi
    chou chi
 shuuseki / shuseki
    しゅうせき
scent (smell of person or animal used for tracking)
scent; trail; spoor

芬々

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 funpun
    ふんぷん
(adj-t,adv-to) (of a smell, esp. a good smell) strong

芬芬

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 funpun
    ふんぷん
(adj-t,adv-to) (of a smell, esp. a good smell) strong

薫り

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 kaori
    かおり
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell; (female given name) Kaori

薫る

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 kaoru
    かおる
(v5r,vi) to smell sweet; to be fragrant

血臭

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 kesshuu / kesshu
    けっしゅう
the smell of blood

諸塵


诸尘

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zhū chén
    zhu1 chen2
chu ch`en
    chu chen
 shojin
All the atoms, or active principles of form, sound, smell, taste, touch.

遷す

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 utsusu
    うつす
(transitive verb) (1) to change; to swap; to substitute; to transfer; (2) to change the object of one's interest or focus; (3) to spend or take time; (4) to infect; (5) to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; (6) to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

酒味

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jiǔ wèi
    jiu3 wei4
chiu wei
smell of alcohol; flavoring of rum or other liquor in food; aroma or nose (of wine)

酒気

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 shuki
    しゅき
liquor smell; tipsiness

難聞


难闻

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nán wén
    nan2 wen2
nan wen
unpleasant smell; stink

霉氣


霉气

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méi qì
    mei2 qi4
mei ch`i
    mei chi
a moldy smell; damp and rotten; fig. rotten bad luck

香り

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 kaori
    かをり
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell; (female given name) Kaori; Kawori

香る

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 kaoru
    かおる
(v5r,vi) to smell sweet; to be fragrant; (m,f) Kaoru

香入

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xiāng rù
    xiang1 ru4
hsiang ju
The sense of smell and its organ, the nose.

香塵


香尘

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xiāng chén
    xiang1 chen2
hsiang ch`en
    hsiang chen
The atom or element of smell, one of the six guṇas.

馨り

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 kaori
    かおり
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell

馨る

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 kaoru
    かおる
(v5r,vi) to smell sweet; to be fragrant

騷味


骚味

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sāo wèi
    sao1 wei4
sao wei
foul smell

鹽香


盐香

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yán xiāng
    yan2 xiang1
yen hsiang
Salt-smell, i.e. non-existent.

黴臭

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 kabishuu / kabishu
    かびしゅう
mold smell; mould smell

鼻入

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bí rù
    bi2 ru4
pi ju
Organ and sense of smell.

鼻息

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bí xī
    bi2 xi1
pi hsi
 hanaiki(p); bisoku
    はないき(P); びそく
breath
(1) nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; (2) (はないき only) person's pleasure; excitement
The breath of the nostrils; also the perception of smell.

鼻根

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bí gēn
    bi2 gen1
pi ken
 bikon
    びこん
(1) {anat} root of the nose; (2) {Buddh} (See 六根) nose; sense of smell
The organ of smell.

鼻識


鼻识

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bí shì
    bi2 shi4
pi shih
The sensation, or perception of smell.

カビ臭

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 kabishuu / kabishu
    カビしゅう
mold smell; mould smell

くさや

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 kusaya
    くさや
kusaya; brined, sun-dried fish (usu. mackerel scad) which has a very pungent smell

すめる

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 sumeru
    スメル
(See 匂い・1) smell; (personal name) Zumel

つんと

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 tsunto
    つんと
(adv,vs) (1) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) standoffishly; primly; prickly; irritably; aloofly; (2) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) pungent (smell); acrid; sharp; (3) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) pointed

伽羅尼


伽罗尼

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qié luó ní
    qie2 luo2 ni2
ch`ieh lo ni
    chieh lo ni
 karani
羯羅拏 ghrāṇa, smell; scent.

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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