嗅ぐ

嗅ぐ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
嗅
か Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かぐ [kàgú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡɯ̟ᵝ]

• Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "嗅ぐ"

Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形)	嗅ぐ	かぐ	[kàgú]
Imperative (命令形)	嗅げ	かげ	[kàgé]
Key constructions
Passive	嗅がれる	かがれる	[kàgárérú]
Causative	嗅がせる	かがせる	[kàgásérú]
Potential	嗅げる	かげる	[kàgérú]
Volitional	嗅ごう	かご​ー	[kàgóꜜò]
Negative	嗅がない	かがない	[kàgánáí]
Negative perfective	嗅がなかった	かがな​かった	[kàgánáꜜkàttà]
Formal	嗅ぎます	かぎま​す	[kàgímáꜜsù]
Perfective	嗅いだ	かいだ	[kàídá]
Conjunctive	嗅いで	かいで	[kàídé]
Hypothetical conditional	嗅げば	かげ​ば	[kàgéꜜbà]

Verb

嗅(か)ぐ • (kagu) transitive godan (stem 嗅(か)ぎ (kagi), past 嗅(か)いだ (kaida))

1. sniff, smell

   ワキガの臭(にお)いを嗅(か)ぐ

   wakiga no nioi o kagu

   smell armpit odor

   • 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki

     齅 臭臭上正々爲齅 臭臭字訓加久 同

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "嗅ぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	嗅が	かが	kaga
Continuative (連用形)	嗅ぎ	かぎ	kagi
Terminal (終止形)	嗅ぐ	かぐ	kagu
Attributive (連体形)	嗅ぐ	かぐ	kagu
Hypothetical (仮定形)	嗅げ	かげ	kage
Imperative (命令形)	嗅げ	かげ	kage
Key constructions
Passive	嗅がれる	かがれる	kagareru
Causative	嗅がせる 嗅がす	かがせる かがす	kagaseru kagasu
Potential	嗅げる	かげる	kageru
Volitional	嗅ごう	かごう	kagō
Negative	嗅がない	かがない	kaganai
Negative continuative	嗅がず	かがず	kagazu
Formal	嗅ぎます	かぎます	kagimasu
Perfective	嗅いだ	かいだ	kaida
Conjunctive	嗅いで	かいで	kaide
Hypothetical conditional	嗅げば	かげば	kageba

See also

• 匂(にお)い (nioi)
• 臭(くさ)い (kusai)
• 香(かお)り (kaori)

References

• Takeuchi, Rizō (1962) Nara Ibun: Volume 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō Shuppan, →ISBN.

1. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN