I Love Kanji匂う (niou)
匂う (におう, niou) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be fragrant; to smell (good)”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- におう
- Romaji
- niou
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to be fragrant; to smell (good) · godan verb, intransitive · usu. 匂う
- to stink; to smell (bad) · godan verb, intransitive · usu. 臭う
- to glow; to be bright · godan verb, intransitive
- to smack of; to show hints of · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 匂う
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 匂う | におう niou |
| Polite (~masu) | 匂います | においます nioimasu |
| Negative | 匂わない | におわない niowanai |
| Polite negative | 匂いません | においません nioimasen |
| Past | 匂った | におった niotta |
| Polite past | 匂いました | においました nioimashita |
| Negative past | 匂わなかった | におわなかった niowanakatta |
| Te-form | 匂って | におって niotte |
| Potential | 匂える | におえる nioeru |
| Passive | 匂われる | におわれる niowareru |
| Causative | 匂わせる | におわせる niowaseru |
| Volitional | 匂おう | におおう nioou |
| Imperative | 匂え | におえ nioe |
| Conditional (~ba) | 匂えば | におえば nioeba |
Kanji in 匂う
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 匂う.
Source: JMdict entry 1599780 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.