I Love Kanji嗅ぐ (kagu)
嗅ぐ (かぐ, kagu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to sniff; to smell”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- かぐ
- Romaji
- kagu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぐ
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to sniff; to smell · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 嗅ぐ
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぐ. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 嗅ぐ | かぐ kagu |
| Polite (~masu) | 嗅ぎます | かぎます kagimasu |
| Negative | 嗅がない | かがない kaganai |
| Polite negative | 嗅ぎません | かぎません kagimasen |
| Past | 嗅いだ | かいだ kaida |
| Polite past | 嗅ぎました | かぎました kagimashita |
| Negative past | 嗅がなかった | かがなかった kaganakatta |
| Te-form | 嗅いで | かいで kaide |
| Potential | 嗅げる | かげる kageru |
| Passive | 嗅がれる | かがれる kagareru |
| Causative | 嗅がせる | かがせる kagaseru |
| Volitional | 嗅ごう | かごう kagou |
| Imperative | 嗅げ | かげ kage |
| Conditional (~ba) | 嗅げば | かげば kageba |
Kanji in 嗅ぐ
Source: JMdict entry 1565480 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.