Japanese Word for the Word “Smell”

Japanese Word Images for the Word “Smell”.

匂い means Scent or Smell

The left side Japanese word “匂い　Or　臭い(におい-nioi)” means “Smell”(The pronunciation of these Japanese words “匂い”　and　”臭い” is same and usually the word “匂い” is used for fragrant smell and the word “臭い” is used for bad smell.).

The below images are Japanese Kanji and Hiragana of some Japanese words which mean “Smell”.

You can learn how to write these Japanese words by referring the Kanji stroke orders of these words.

匂い means Scent or Smell

Hiragana for 匂い and 臭い

Writing Stroke Order for 匂い

臭い means Smell or Odor

Stroke Order for 臭い

And also we use the Japanese word “香り(かおり-kaori)” for translating this word into Japanese.

And when the word “Smell” is used as a verb, we translate this word like as “匂う　or 臭う(におうniou) and “香る(かおる-kaoru)” respectively.

香り means Fragrance or Smell

Hiragana for 香り

Writing Stroke Order for 香り